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Chapter 4 Experimental Examples

TRANSMUTATION--THERMAL 4 EXPERIMENT

In this case, we used a mineral from Action Mining which had a small, but measurable amount of gold and silver. The total weight of the chemicals listed below was 770 grams. The chemical composition was as follows:

CHEMICALS USED IN THERMAL 4 EXPERIMENT

Chemical	Weight	Chemical Supplier
Mineral 2	100 g	Action Mining, 1.6 ppm Au/4.8 ppm Ag
PbO	20 g	Johnson Matthey, 99.99% purity
C	150 g	Johnson Matthey, 300 mesh, 99.5% purity
KNO3	450 g	Baker, 99.2% purity
S	30 g	Spectrum
Hg2Cl2	20 g	Fisher, 99.8% purity

The chemicals were weighed separately, and then mixed together. The mixture was placed in an empty 2.5 pound coffee can and then ignited. The mixture was set afire by torch, with the fire burning out after about 90 seconds. The weighing, mixing and igniting were done by Drs. Lin, Monti and me.

RADIATION ANALYSIS--THERMAL 4 EXPERIMENT

After ignition of Thermal 4 mixture, I accomplished the analysis of radiation using a multi-channel analyzer with a Ludlem Beta detector. The total radiation count was 2.2 X 104 counts per minute (CPM). Five specific energy peaks were observed. Under the same conditions, these peaks were not present during Thermal 1, 2 or 3 Experiments.

PREPARATION FOR ANALYSIS--THERMAL 4 EXPERIMENT

1. After the molten mixture had cooled down, the after burn residue was milled into a powder (200 mesh) by an impact mill. The total weight of the powder was 360 grams after ignition. This step was completed by Dr. Monti.

2. Fifty(50) grams of the after burn powder was placed in each of two crucibles and mixed with 150 grams of standard ore flux (Action Mining Services, the chemical mix being PbO, Na2B4O7, SiO2, Na2CO3) Thirty(30) grams of sodium borate was layered on top of the mixture. Two 3-inch nails were then inserted into the crucibles.

3. The crucibles were placed in a furnace and heated to 1,100°C for about two and one-half hours. Upon removal, the molten mixture was poured into steel containers.

4. After cooling, the two samples were noted to have two parts. one part was a glassy substance, the slag, and immersed inside was the second part, a piece of lead. The slag weighed 72.2 grams and the lead at 61.0 grams from each crucible.

5. The slag was crushed into powder by the impact mill. The total weight of the slag from the two crucibles was 140.0 grams.

6. Fifty(50) grams of the slag was then mixed with 150 grams of flux and a layer of 30 grams of sodium borate added on top. A nail was inserted into the crucible and the crucible was treated in the furnace as before.

7. The lead retrieved from the slag treatment weighed 58 grams. The lead, added to the lead from step 4 above was mechanically separated into three parts. Each part of the lead was put in a cupel. The cupels were heated to 950°C for one and one?half hours. A bead was recovered from each cupel. The total bead weight was 0.019 grams.

8. The next step involved treating the remaining 90 grams of slag. The remainder was divided into 45 grams parts and each was mixed with 135 grams of flux and 30 grams of sodium borate. Again a 3 inch nail was inserted into the mixtures. The crucibles were heated to 1,100°C for about two hours. The molten mixtures were poured into a steel container to cool. The lead was retrieved from the slag as before. The combined weight from the two lead pieces was 111.5 grams.

9. The lead was mechanically separated into smaller parts and each was put into cupels. The cupels were heated to 950°C for one and one?half hours.

10. The total weight of these beads were 0.0503 grams.

11. The final step involved digesting the beads in nitric acid solution. The part that did not digest was dissolved in aqua regia solution and taken to ICP for analysis. The total weight of gold was detected to be 47.3 milligrams. This is equivalent to 1,700 parts per million of gold in the treated mineral 2 used in the experiment.

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