Stainless steel dipper in silver nitrate bath?

-chrille-

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• May 17, 2024

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I am going to build a tank for silver nitrate bath for wet plate collodion.

The tank is made of glass. For the dipper i have an idea of using 2mm stainless steel wire. Is stainless steel safe in silver nitrate or will it contaminate the bath?

For most commercial available tanks I have seen the dipper is made of plastic.

 

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• May 17, 2024

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I think 316 grade might work, this is what EK recommended. You will end up with stains everywhere

Glass.

 

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• May 17, 2024

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-chrille- said:

For the dipper i have an idea of using 2mm stainless steel wire.

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I think it's sketchy.

I made a dipper out of plexiglass. Worked great.

 

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Plastic is far more easy to make and maintain. Usually just need to regularly wipe down with alcohol.
The least amount of potential problems is best for a silver bath.