Listening to the explanation about electric furnace
SS Advanced Study≪the University of Tokyo course≫
（Aichi Prefecture Jishukan senior high school's SSH(super science high
school) project), 6th〜9th August (2012)
By experiencing some high level lectures and research work in the University of Tokyo, the aims of this project were to...
understand the latest science
foster the ability to research and think
improve logical thinking
enhance the desire to enter a top-ranked university science course
make a smooth connection between senior high school and university
The contents of this program
theme：extracting precious metals from scraps
keywords：recycling of raremetals, resource of rare metals
teachers: Toru H. Okabe, Katsuhiro Nose
The details of the experiments(PDF file167KB)
The reports of the senior high school students after the exercise
・ Making silver wisker and bismuth and refining gold using fire assay cupellation method（Ryota Kotani, Aichi Prefecture Jishukan senior high school, grade 2）(PDF file：492KB)
・ Invistigation on the rare metal（Masaki Kabeya, Aichi Prefecture Jishukan senior high school, grade 2）(PDF file：340KB)
Pictures during the experiment
Listening to the explanation about electric furnace
| Heating the bismuth. | Taking out an alloy of gold and lead from the furnace |
| Taking a picture of a reagent bottle. | Adjusting the scale |
The result of the experiment
A growth process of silver wisker (1)
| A growth process of silver wisker (2) | A growth process of silver wisker (3) |
| An alloy of gold and lead | Gold(collected from an alloy of gold and lead) |
| Silver collected from an alloy of silver and lead. | Crystal of bismath |