i want to know if when i do this reaction that the copper powder at the bottom of container is able to be sold for scrap or is there a way to melt the powder into sold copper or maybe electroplate it on to #1 copper wire maybe? any info with this will be cool thanks
Copper becuase Iron is greater reactive than copper so it displaces it. and leaves detrimental copper all by making use of itself. its like stealing its sulphate disgraceful eh? taadaaa.... xxxx
I used to sell scrap copper at 42 cents a pound back then and I am sure you could get quite a bit more now depending upon the purity. I used to strip copper plating off the hulls of sunken ships and after we took a haul back we cleaned it up with vinegar. But even if the stuff is badly verdigised you might still be able to sell it, just not for as high a price. I have forgotten the diff between #1 and #2 iron but there are probably thousands of different alloys made with iron...high carbon steels, moly-steel, cast iron, wrought iron, etc. ad infinitum...and each will bring with it some kind of impurities to the party such as manganese, titanium, molybdinum, phosphor, carbon (plenty some times), etc.each of which might combine with the copper you are trying to save depending upon the relative capacity for chemical reaction. Some nails and other iron fittings and fasteners are galvanized which means they are hot dipped or otherwise contain cadmium-----you DO NOT want to be inhaling that stuff----this is why welders have to exercise extreme caution when welding on galvanized pipe. In any event, I would make use of a very good vent blower like they use in welding shops.
copper one or copper two? and which iron?
