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Silver Follies

Submitted by erandall on Tue, 07/01/2008 - 18:12

Today we tried to fill a cartridge with silver nitrate solution. Almost immediately after we added the solution to the cartridge (through the 0.2 um syringe filter), a dark gray precipitate formed. After the clogged print head issues we (and other groups) have experienced, I can only imagine the havoc any precipitate would wreak on a printer.

In related news, we have ditched silver and become really big fans of iron.

Just giving a heads up.

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Silver precipitate

Submitted by Wolfe on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 10:44.

I have had the same problem with Bismuth nitrate. I made it more acidic and it fixed the precipitate, but now the printhead of the cartridge the bismuth was in is clogged.

We had a similar problem with

Submitted by Megan on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 12:44.

We had a similar problem with Bismuth. We found that it decomposes in the solution, and the result forms a precipitate. To avoid this problem, it would have to be dissolved in a concentrated strong acid.