I wonder when sreetips started whether she lost silverware each night until she learned where they went.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
She’s the best thing that ever happened to me.
@newtronix
Жыл бұрын
Nice change up. Looking forward to the silver cell time lapse!
@rockbutcher
Жыл бұрын
All of the chemists watching this hold their breath when he zooms in on the gold in the bottom of the beaker with fumes coming off of it🤣🤣🤣
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
The fume hood is strong. It pulls those fumes away from me.
@rockbutcher
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Oh I know that. It's just a muscle memory thing LOL.
@Indie9999
Жыл бұрын
I worked in a refinery for a short while, and this is the way we always purified gold, we never did an aqua regia step. Also we would place the inquarted gold in a cage device thing, and we would lower it into boiling nitric, and to refresh the nitric we would just lift the cage thing out of the beaker and lower it into a fresh one. Then we were free to pour the spent nitric into a waste container without accidentally getting any of the product in.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
The gold in this video would make a suitable anode for purifying to three nines with the electrolytic process. Type “wohlwill” into the search block on my channel to see it.
@Indie9999
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Oh yeah, I've watched that one a couple of times already, fascinating the difference between the silver and the gold crystals. The gold ones have a much smaller profile, almost looks like fur.
@travisnichols2485
Жыл бұрын
Man these are so great to be able to learn from a awesome teacher thank you
@SaltyMeatHook
Жыл бұрын
I'd send the 'pimple bar' to the big refiner too!
@dawnjennings4864
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! I really enjoy all of your videos. And I appreciate all the hard work you put in it!
@TanteLaurana
Жыл бұрын
i never get tired of watching this process repeat. it's weirdly relaxing.
@donnakawana
Жыл бұрын
Fish eye gold.. that's what that mark reminds me of!! Yet another beautiful bar of pure gold....
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
That piece came out late during the pour. Commenters have called it a “pimple bar” and now a “fish eye bar”. I like the latter better.
@donnakawana
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips my dad used to call those types of things fish eyes.... Thanks 😊👩🏼🔬✌🏼
@sillybears4673
Жыл бұрын
I cannot wait for that silver cell timelapse!!!!!!! I watch every video btw. This is is my favorite type of videos .. I wish there were more channels doing reactions like these with other chemicals. There’s only a couple and I’ve followed them all. I wish I could find videos of people extracting different compounds and recrystallizing and precipitating out different things from other things …
@EpicValleysStill
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making a video about how to refine without aqua regia. Didn’t realize I’d miss two steps in the process. Love seeing gold in solution and the precipitation 👌🏻
@ricknelson947
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Looking forward to seeing the Timelapse of the silver crystals growing.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Me too
@mattnew1773
Жыл бұрын
It's been fascinating to watch your work for a few years now. I'm not gonna lie, I miss the good old days when you kept a roscoe on the table. Keep posting this wonderful content. Have a great holiday season.
@gurl_friday1116
Жыл бұрын
Aww that’s awesome your giving your lady mad props ❤ team work makes the dream work . I Enjoy all your videos
@drogunthunder6478
Жыл бұрын
On more thing...your wife is more precious than the metals you work with.... she's a pretty neat lady..
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
The best thing that ever happened to me.
@damionpool4645
Жыл бұрын
Another awesome presentation! Thank you! You’re a gentlemen and a scholar
@larryevans7669
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Beautifully done and edited! You really make great content, and this was a really great demo of basic steps. I understand being a hobby you love the extra .005%. I just love that. I have my own over done hobbies, and whatever keeps it fun is the best! Oh yes, and wow, very quick editing and publishing!
@ThorTubeview
Жыл бұрын
Ounce again, greats explanations. Thanks.
@johnsonaung9634
Жыл бұрын
God bless you Thank you very much
@scotthensler7159
Жыл бұрын
Kevin you absolutely missed your calling! You should have been a professor! Lol! I know I’ve said this before but thank you very much for taking your time to teach us the Right Way/ Safe way. Can’t wait until I get my fume hood all set up and do my first Gold Inquartation. Happy Holidays
@MrRebar15
Жыл бұрын
*sreetips* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
@ArielleViking
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching these. 👍
@mr.e5988
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for explaining why you add silver to get to the gold.
@will_der_dude
Жыл бұрын
...at the beginning I was trying to figure out what inquarting the gold was for, and as he started explaining the reason for process, a damn light bulb went off in my brain, like holy sheet That is genius! makes so much sense now. thanks for sharing!
@ulrichenevoldsen8371
Жыл бұрын
This one was uploaded while I was watching the Thanksgiving one. Nice 😀
@nunyabisnass1141
Жыл бұрын
There are ways to make the nitric acid dissolution more efficient. One is to put it in an earlenmier flask, and set up a reflux condensor to recycle the NO2 back into the system.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I’ve done it. It’s a pain to set up. But I didn’t measure if the gain from it was noticeable.
@josephpecoul6532
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video Sreetips I do appreciate you sir.
@richardchayer6597
Жыл бұрын
So you could use 100% copper instead of silver? Thats cool. I bet others would like to see refining the gold with copper
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I’ll do a video of it.
@leoworrall9449
Жыл бұрын
I’d like to see you recover the copper from your waste container and then use that to inquart some gold… for science. Some more detail in the reactivity series would be cool too
@PyroFalcon
Жыл бұрын
Phenomenal as always!
@TheHookBoy
Жыл бұрын
Man, what a woman! Mrs Sreetips brought you a great early Christmas present.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
She’s the best thing that ever happened to me
@BADHIGEEN
Жыл бұрын
Lookin forward to that time lapse doc.🤩
@SilasMoleCatcher
Жыл бұрын
I love these videos - you're a great communicator and I'm sure you've inspired more than a a few to consider doing this themselves, although I'd guess the apparent simplicity of the process demonstrated in these videos does not account for the contacts, networks and field-craft required to simply acquire the carat gold in the first place.
@josephcormier5974
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding a sreetips video on a Saturday and a beautiful gold bar thank you sir for sharing this six stars
@williamclark9624
Жыл бұрын
Had noticed in another gold melt video, from a different personality that they cooled of the gold slowly allowed a super shiny surface.
@jeffd3660
Жыл бұрын
Your videos never get old , Thanks sreetips
@scotthultin7769
Жыл бұрын
2👍's up sreetips thank you for sharing
@daviddavis2597
Жыл бұрын
Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night! Great video!
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Goooood evening!
@williamclark9624
Жыл бұрын
That is some impressive torches also
@NOFX0890
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Sreetips. Even the sploodge in the bar looked good.
@edwardhughes352
Жыл бұрын
Have you thought of changing the top plate of your silver cell to trasnsparent perspex. You would get a better view of that lovely silver.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes. Moisture condenses on plexi and obscures the view.
@jamestipton7872
Жыл бұрын
i watched a thing on a big refinier somewhere in london. they take the grains, put them straight into the mold, then put the mold in a kiln. it melts into a clean loaf bar. food for thought. love your stuff.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I’ve seen it. Graphite actually burns and deteriorates at the temperatures required to melt the gold. The shape of those bars is nice. But they don’t look like mine.
@silvaorgold
Жыл бұрын
Great video can't wait for that time lapse and that was very interesting to see how the gold comes out without doing Aqua region
@mikeandre7364
Жыл бұрын
and that method to increase surface area was genius!
@trureef2319
Жыл бұрын
I am so amazed by this if u ever had a class to teach this I’ll be in it. Edit: I saw the gold ring in nitric last vid. and now I know why u add the silver to the melt it’s simple but seems so complicated and u cement out the silver from the nitric later to keep it as well, genius.
@GokouZWAR
Жыл бұрын
Silver and gold refining. Two for one deal. I wonder if he makes any money on the silver refines. Honestly with how much is bought, his wife must be spending a small fortune on purchasing gold scrap. I guess from the way he talks, she finds gold people don’t realize is valuable at yard sales or something… which means if that’s the case, he’s actually turning a huge profit on refining.
@trureef2319
Жыл бұрын
@@GokouZWAR I’m sure he is turning a huge profit. He has spoken many times on getting deals and how his wife shops around for great deals and beats all the early birds and to be honest most pawn shops have workers not precious metals experts.
@burriedhistory
Жыл бұрын
One more awesome videos. There is the proof that nitric acid boils clean the gold very well! Thanks.
@mattjirgal1676
Жыл бұрын
Really looking forward to the time lapse video of the silver cell. Are you planning on using royalty free music to go along with it.
@torchandhammer
Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I've been secretly hoping to see what a bar would look like at this stage of refining. Seems like a good plan if selling to a refiner since there would only be trace amounts of silver left to recover from further refining?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Correct, you’ll see the silver when I refine it to high purity in my new video uploading right now.
@DesertTuna
Жыл бұрын
Your a legend all the best and good day to you to
@badenpobjoy8274
Жыл бұрын
Another GREAT video....
@patrickaussieMilartry
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful nearly $12,000 Au Gold is just magic not only for it's value. But it's beauty. It certainly is true the word GOLD FEVER 😜
@vasabi5135
Жыл бұрын
i liked the way you used the board didnt think it would be used how you used it you can also reuse the NO2 gas by putting it into water making nitric acid once again
@mojavegold-
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! I mostly work with Sterling scrap and electronic gold - but I always enjoy your scrap gold jewelry videos! I appreciate the level of care and skill you put into your processes!
@AdamEdington
Жыл бұрын
Some years ago I melted down some IDE pins making a gold bearing copper dominant alloy. I stripped the copper out with electricity and copper sulphate, leaving behind a black powder that was so fine it filtered straight through 80gsm printing paper in a matter of seconds. This black powder was heavy enough to settle out, this was my preferred gold refining process. Very similar process, with less fumes
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
There’s gold in computer scrap, but the amount is tiny
@AdamEdington
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips it was even tinier because I threw away most of the black stuff before I realized what it was. It was seriously fine, almost atomically fine, given that the copper solvent was stripped away electrolyticly
@AdamEdington
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips gold won't dissolve in hydrochloric acid without electricity, but if you add electricity it's a different story, so you should be able to refine gold with minimum fumes. As far as atomic gold powder goes, a flame will blow it away, you need a fresnel lens and melt the black powder into gold droplets
@floydsallee2041
Жыл бұрын
Good job explaining everything
@warpo007
Жыл бұрын
your explanation of why you inquart the gold with silver is very helpful to mortals like myself, I think you are a warlock IRL. from 5:11
@skwervin1
Жыл бұрын
Alchemist more like it... turning crap jewellery into gold!
@warpo007
Жыл бұрын
@@skwervin1 Oh Sreetips is beyond Alchemist. you have seen him turn carpet into gold? true story.
@skwervin1
Жыл бұрын
@@warpo007 Indeed I have!
@warpo007
Жыл бұрын
@Wendy Beacall I avert my eyes if there is a chance of making eye contact. Thankfully, he doesn't do many to- camera shots. Once he did his alchemy outside. they said the neighbourhood looked like Mordor for a weekend....
@stevemoore445
Жыл бұрын
I am totally new to all this, and I must say I like your style. I would like a Bar necklace for my wife. She would appreciate that as she is watching these vids with me. Cool stuff.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Steve, I’ll get one made up and offer it on my eBay site. Thank you.
@thepowerfox2867
Жыл бұрын
Because of Black Friday I would like to buy it for 60% off the spot price. 😁😁😁 What do you think?
@warpo007
Жыл бұрын
how many years experience has Mrs Sreetips had at collecting? from yard sales and second-hand stores? Do you "harvest" every person you meet? (make mental assessment of how much .999 you can get out of the jewellery they are wearing)
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
She’s done yard sales for decades. We don’t have to do any mental calculations. People don’t want gold. They want paper. It’s everywhere if you know what to look for.
@jeffreynass5451
Жыл бұрын
Great Cost/Benefit video. The refiners assay it, no matter how beautiful or concise your pour is. They pay on weight. The payout difference between 99.5 and 99.9 sorta negates the further refining costs and added waste that needs to be handled. Don’t get me wrong, I love your videos and instructions, but this video convinced me of the path I will take in my refining.
@francispalmer9737
Жыл бұрын
I often wondered why you did not melt the gold into a bar after the first set of nitric boils and now you have I think for the first time, it looked great + saved you a lot of time not having to do the Aqua Regia + Stump-out final refine. Cheers Sreetips.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
It’s close to three nines. But the only way to get it there is the aqua regia + Stump Out routine - multiple times.
@niagarajoe4402
Жыл бұрын
Becomes more pure/fine after every boil
@joshy0369
Жыл бұрын
Always awesomeness ✌ 😎
@OnsloVest
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this Sreetips, always wondered
@suptoucom
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! you always come through with a fix, Experiencing withdrawals fan on fume hood being down. I have some stainless steel on mine too, I did find some good primer by Zinsser Bulls Eye 1,2,3plus when dried stays on good I just cleaned with Bar Keepers Friend first. when poring shot have you ever tried drilling 3 or so small holes in a Crucible? 3/4" before the rim
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it gets clogged up and stops flowing.
@suptoucom
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips yes It's hard to keep from cooling off
@abebabo4315
Жыл бұрын
Bucket list for 2023, save up enough for a sreetips bar of gold.
@MeteCanKarahasan
Жыл бұрын
Buying from a reputable source with youtube timestamps - that is the goal.
@apveening
Жыл бұрын
Would have made my bucket list as well, but I am not on the same continent and he won't ship outside of the USA.
@disgruntledtoons
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how much of the inquarted gold spattered out onto the shop floor during the pour onto the wet board. Get a work-study flunky and you can have him sweep the floor and then recover from the sweepings.
@drogunthunder6478
Жыл бұрын
I have fun watching your videos... I simply enjoy your character.. the world is full of mean rude disrespectful people when ever I find people like you.. I get the same feeling as when I find gold at a yardsale at a good deal... so in one channel I get my gold fix and positive environment.. along with education from a professional... I think you fully understand how skilled you are.. youtube is full of shity videos that bog down the platform.. I guess what I'm rambling about is.. I'm thankful 2 have found your channel... I limit my internet time so I don't go ignorant from info overload..of silly shit.... thanks for all your hard work facts you constantly give ... I admire you and your skill... I buy and sell gold have for 10 years.. some day I'd like 2 refine my own stuff.. and I'll do so with the education I learned from your method styles..
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@greendruid33
Жыл бұрын
Another great one and the skipping of aqua regia really delivers the point about its importance with the result. Do you think you or Mrs. Sreetips would ever consider doing a video about finding the sources of scrap gold that you talked about at the beginning. I'm just starting out trying to source stuff locally and any tips would be appreciated.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Yard sales, thrift stores, consignment shops, resale stores, estate sales, flea markets. Is 4am and Mrs sreetips is up and getting ready to go treasure hunting. It won’t fall in your lap. You got to get up early, be there first, and know where and what to look for. She can spot an overlooked piece of karat gold jewelry just by sight. How? Because she looks at hundreds of pieces of jewelry every day. There’s no substitute for experience. Just get started. You’ll learn as you go. Don’t expect a windfall immediately. But if you persist through the disappointment of coming up empty handed, you’ll eventually start making progress. Then at some point you’ll gain what’s what’s needed to find the gold. It’s everywhere because people shun gold and want paper money. Good luck!
@jwrappuhn71
Жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@matthewsemenuk8953
Жыл бұрын
Not a bad bar! I think it would be cool to see a bar like that next to a bar that has been refined in aqua regia.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Uploading as we speak.
@jordancasanova8517
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! How did you get interested in gold reclaiming and the chemistry?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I have a write-up on that under “community” on my channel.
@mikeconnery4652
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@Akragonus
Жыл бұрын
Never seen a bar with a zit before... goes straight though it too eh... You can see it on the bottom too! 👍wicked video brother!
@corbinschad1
Жыл бұрын
I was surprised by how much better the gold looks when refined further. Thanks for sharing. Also, wouldn't you need less nitric if the inquart shot was finer?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
Possibly
@matheuspamplona1850
Жыл бұрын
hell yeah silver cell timelapse! the man knows what we want
@williamclark9624
Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@borisperez3129
Жыл бұрын
Thank you sreetips I did wanna see a video about just going straight to melt after the hydrocloric acid .998 would be fine with me.
@spamaccount6460
Жыл бұрын
Wow that is a huge bar! How does it work to sell the gold? You mentioned it being analyzed or that it's good enough to be sent to the big refiner. Is there a cost benefit to your usual method of getting it even more pure? Or is it just for fun? It looks so good. Can't wait to see the next silver cell video.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
It’s my hobby
@michelhusson2395
Жыл бұрын
cool the new time lapse!
@ghostprotocol5876
Жыл бұрын
Inquartation is a HUUGE short cut. Seems that AR, neutralization,SMB isnt needed after all. Way more practical..the chocolate solid free from the bases metals seems very pure alredy,only with hno3..Amazing experiment. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.🤝
@williamfoote2888
Жыл бұрын
You could melt it at the end of the HNO3 boils, but you can’t be sure if it’s purity. You’re likely to still have Ag and Cu in it, along with potentially notable amounts of things like Pt and Rh. If he had an XRF he could see how pure it is…
@ghostprotocol5876
Жыл бұрын
@@williamfoote2888 true. Most likely its not 999,99 for sure. But, only by the look of the Bar, its almost , looks really good only with hno3...
@ghostprotocol5876
Жыл бұрын
@@williamfoote2888 XRF, is almost the price of a house here in my country... need one to scam a metal nugget that i found metal detecting 😥😥
@williamfoote2888
Жыл бұрын
@@ghostprotocol5876 scrap operators here have them if they are big enough operations. It’s not dealing with precious metals, but knowing what you’re buying and selling is the difference between making and losing money.
@MyScreenNameIsTroubledOne
Жыл бұрын
Short one, felt like a Gold Refining Speed Run video… lol…
@rogerfleury3591
Жыл бұрын
200th! I think it will be great if the silver bell produces large shards of silver. Like the ones you showed us last weekend. Roger in Pierre South Dakota
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I don’t know how to reproduce those large crystals. I’ve been running a silver cell for over a decade and I still don’t know. Isn’t that strange?
@apveening
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips Start with a seed crystal in your silver cell and low current, large crystals come from slow growth.
@thegoodlookinorange1986
Жыл бұрын
Ive commented before about his floor and bench sweeps. He said it isn’t much. Then he pulls out his sweeps box with a pile in it. 😮 lol Still love watching SREETIPS.
@chrisneal7798
Жыл бұрын
I found your channel last year sometime and I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Many years back I was dragged into a bingo hall with my wife and mother in law. As I watched those people scrape up every dollar they could to buy one more card or pull tab, I got an idea. So I went to the VFW post commander and asked if I could set up at a small table in the corner of the bingo hall, early, when they first opened and buy karat scrap from anyone that was willing to sell? It would be a win win for both myself, and the VFW POST. I would buy unwanted, mismatched or broken jewelry and the seller would buy more cards, making more money for the post. We agreed on a % for the post from my earnings and immediately I went home and ordered a simple acid scratch test kit and a good scale on line. The next bingo night I set up shop in a corner and it was like selling girl scout cookies outside of a Jenny Craig gym.....I was bringing in 5-10 ozt, or more, of various scrap gold every week. I would weigh and test each piece and then I would bag their scrap and place a stack of cash beside it and let them choose which they wanted. I never had anyone take back their scrap. I always paid way above pawn shops and local gold buyers. Anyway.....I digress......eventually our VFW closed and that went away, but I still have people that call and ask if I'm still interested in buying, which I am. What I'm taking forever to say is that I have started turning the scrap I buy into pure 24k and I learned it from watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. A lot of refining forums are closed mouthed at first and hard to get in with them but you are a forthcoming with what you know and are pleased to pass it along, we appreciate it. Keep up the great work.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
That’s a great story, thank you. And good luck with your gold buying. You can’t go wrong converting paper dollars (that are declining) into gold (that is rising). Well done!
@CoinSilver800
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I've always wondered over the years of being a subscriber how pure you would get a bar after a simple inquart. If you do get this bar zapped with an XRF please let us know what the break down is, or a fire assay. keep up the great work!
@Sanzus2
Жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to see what it assays at! Would be nice to know what the actual gains are on multiple refining and of course if there is any added value to refining it further.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
The difference in payout between 999 parts per thousand and 995 parts per thousand is negligible.
@timsmith9645
Жыл бұрын
Awesome 4.4 Oz of gold bar thanks for sharing sreetips
@Mdwells2944
Жыл бұрын
Love it, put some “flameage” on it!!😂😂
@macguru9999
Жыл бұрын
i like the simple method. Did you ever get that bar analysed ?
@markjob6354
Жыл бұрын
*4.415 Troy Ounces of GOLD = $7695.12 USD 👍Not bad for a few hours work Mike 👍*
@PHUCKyoutube689
Жыл бұрын
A few hours to refine, days and weeks hunting down scrap gold at a price worth refining.
@madmattdigs9518
Жыл бұрын
It looks good to me!
@andygray4418
Жыл бұрын
That's Christmas paid for.
@b.c.9358
Жыл бұрын
Mrs. Sreetips is an amazing partner. You're blessed to have her.
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
She is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
@b.c.9358
Жыл бұрын
@@sreetips I'm so glad to hear it.
@Joe.Rogan.
Жыл бұрын
What do you do with all the diamonds and other gemstones you pull out of the scrap jewelry? Do you just hang on to them or do you have avenues to sell them off?
@sreetips
Жыл бұрын
I keep them
@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
Жыл бұрын
Skipping aqua regia seems pretty academic when one deals in gallons of nitric acid (ordinary muriatic acid is the only other thing needed, amirite?), but it's still interesting.
@Logansaulscam
Жыл бұрын
Had to watch this!
@lion9419
Жыл бұрын
Good 👍 you saved some chemical and time bar look very pure
@SURFEAMORETERNO
Жыл бұрын
Cool Have you ever thought about quartering only with copper, and electrolyzing using water and salt as an electrolyte? The precipitated gold, after being washed and dried, can be purified with nitric or hydrochloric acid. Just the tip for a video. A hug!
@laughinghyena001
Жыл бұрын
Re: Inquartation. Does the process require Sterling silver or can you use your pure silver crystal?
@sreetips
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Sterling or copper. Crystal is not good because it’s colorless. And it’s already been through the silver cell.
@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
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@@sreetips It would need to be chemically pure copper too, right? not just the stuff out of which copper pipe is made? or would the zinc, etc. in pipe alloys not be a problem?
@m.c.miller
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awesome
@themyceliumnetwork
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