Good find, Ralph, although it sure doesn't look like the MSDS.Palladium said:http://patents.com/us-20160102408.html
upcyclist said:That patent also does not specifically mention platinum, though it's very much in the same vein.
It wasn't intentional, but I don't minedanachronism said:upcyclist said:That patent also does not specifically mention platinum, though it's very much in the same vein.
I've got to ask was that a pun?
Topher_osAUrus said:Have you used it at all? Like processed any cats with it or whatever?
Have you used a stannous test to see if it actually held anything into solution?
Try cementing with Al or Zn
I dont see why it wouldnt follow the rules of the electromotive series of metals.
I think that was the hint a very intelligent member tried to give earlier.
Lou said:Now that I know it's a bunch of nitric acid and in light of the patent, I understand better.
Do not try to cement it out with metals!
While maybe aluminum and certainly zinc/copper would work, it would be very wasteful of aluminum and/or zinc and produce fumes. The aluminum might not even react unless there is sufficient chloride or citrate to depassivate it and if it does, much fume will be produced. More HCl would have to be added.
The truth is, this type of leach is annoying to recover. You might get away concentrating the values with a weak base ion exchange column. The other option is to concentrate it down -- the ammonium and citrate both get oxidized as the solution is transformed to a chloride solution.
Palladium said:Open mouth.... insert foot.
Catalytics don't have gold. Lol
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