Make Colloidal Gold from Gold Chloride

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Uploaded by on Apr 2, 2009

Here is a demonstration of producing colloidal gold (gold nanoparticles) using the Turkevich method. The entire process took a mere 10 minutes, with only gold chloride, distilled water, and sodium citrate. Sodium Citrate is a common food additive. More info at www.cgcsforum.com

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  • I know this is going to seem like a silly question - but I am not sure of the answer. It seems that there are several types of "Gold chloride" as in: AuCl AuCl2 AuCl3 and HAuCl (which I have a 1g vial of somewhere) Please can you tell me which I need - as once I know which, I can find out how to produce it (if not the HAuCl which I have already). Also, how nice to have a useful video set to music instead of "thumpy noise". Thank you Mark
  • @guymark Either HAuCl4 or AuCl3 work. Probably any chloride of gold will work though.

    My supplier (Salt Lake Metals) says its AuCl3.

  • Protect that vial, man! The gold chloride will react with the light!!

  • @mvszao The manufacturer says it is not light sensitive, and I have had no problem storing it unprotected.

  • from my studies i would suggest trying sodium tannate - let me know how that works for you

  • @33vibe

    I know some people use tannic acid as a reducing agent. I do not have any sodium tannate, but If I can procure some, I will try it. What do you think it does better than sodium citrate? So far, I've had the best results using sodium carbonate plus maltodextrin.  There are quite a few reagents that work pretty well.

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  • will this work with silver nitrate instead of the gold compound?

  • @kephranet

    Fantastic. Thank you for that :)

  • @asel2587

    My understanding was that it was boiling - and that it continued to boil throughout the process.

  • kephranet  man!!! you are a genius!!! thanks a lot for you information!!! God bless!

  • What is the temperature while stirring?

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