Ok, I finally got around to reading the thread about muriatic acid and wondered if I could do something with the spent FeCl I have been accumulating. I was planning on bringing it to the annual domestic waste collection done by the city, but I'd prefer to recycle it if at all possible. So I googled and found this link: http://www.qsl.net/iz7ath/web/02_brew/14_howto/02_clor/index.htm This guy regenerates ferric chloride, but that contradicts this link from the muriatic acid thread: http://www.smallsolar.org/workshop/etchant/index.htm - Copper Chloride has one important benefit that the other commonly used etchant chemicals (Ferric Chloride and Ammonium Persulphate) don't have: when it "wears out" it can be regenerated. So, before I nuke my back yard, can I regenerate ferric chloride? And if so, what would be a 'relatively' safe procedure? Robert :)
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Regenerating Ferric Chloride
2006-06-29 by Robert Hedan