Argentin

This article deals with fabrics used to create silver, silver-like and silver-plated surfaces; for name bearers see Argentin (disambiguation) .

Argentin is a name for substances used to create silver, silver-like and silver-plated surfaces (argentate). Various mixtures were used for this in the past:

1. Argentin, a light gray, finely divided powder made from metallic tin . It was used to produce fake silver paper, fake silver foil and as a pigment for silver printing ink. For example, for silver printing on textiles. The Argentin was made by precipitating tin from a tin-salt solution using metallic zinc . When mixed with casein as a binding agent, a silver-like surface is formed during the subsequent calendering of the applied mixture.
2. Argentin, a mixture of silver nitrate , ammonia , sodium thiosulphate and chalk . By rubbing the mixture, which is usually applied in liquid form, finely divided silver forms, which can be fixed in further processing steps. Among other things, it was used to manufacture silver decorative strips in porcelain production .

literature

• Meyers Konversationslexikon 1888
• Klemens Merck's dictionary of goods, 3rd edition, Leipzig 1884