Student extracting silver from silver nitrate and sulfur

Q. I am working on a chemistry project, and I need to know what the most efficient method of extraction of silver from a 10 gram Silver ore composed of sulfur, iron, and silver nitrate (each in equal measure). I need to know the best way to make the most profit overall. I would appreciate all serious inputs, please.

Q. I'm a high school chemistry student and my teacher gave me a problem where I have to extract silver from a compound containing silver nitrate, sulfur, and iron(II), I have to find the cheapest method. I already know I can remove the iron with a magnet but can I use the iron to combine with the nitrate and can I do this before removing the sulfur?

Thanks,

A. Is there a "silver rush" taking place in Vermont? Seriously, as I understand it you all have a mixture of silver nitrate, sulfur and iron and you want to get the silver out. I assume the silver nitrate, sulfur and iron are not chemically combined as in a compound, but are just a mixture of powders. If so, just dissolve out the silver nitrate in water as the others are insoluble and then add sugar (glucose). This will reduce the silver ions to metallic silver that will both precipitate out and and form a mirror on the container wall, especially if it is glass.

Actually, Trevor, all three inquiries came from the same IP address, so I think it's not so much a silver rush as maybe doing their homework together before a pajama party. The young ladies probably got into a pillow fight shortly thereafter, and never saw your answer :-)

A. Vermont students seem to be magnetically attracted to this page, Mercedes. But if you truly mean 'mixture' as opposed to compound, I think that your question is supposed to be easy once you spend a few minutes thinking about the properties of iron. Good luck.

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