THE STUDY OF A MEMBRANE FOR EXTRACTING GOLD(III) FROM HYDROCHLORIC-ACID SOLUTIONS

Authors
ARGIROPOULOS G CATTRALL RW HAMILTON IC KOLEV SD PAIMIN R
Citation
G. Argiropoulos et al., THE STUDY OF A MEMBRANE FOR EXTRACTING GOLD(III) FROM HYDROCHLORIC-ACID SOLUTIONS, Journal of membrane science, 138(2), 1998, pp. 279-285
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Chemical","Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Journal of membrane science → ACNP
ISSN journal
03767388
Volume
138
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
279 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
0376-7388(1998)138:2<279:TSOAMF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
A membrane is described consisting of Aliquat 336 chloride immobilized in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) which extracts gold(III) selectively fr om hydrochloric acid solutions in the presence of a 500-fold higher co ncentration of copper(II). Gold is recovered from the membrane by stri pping with a thiourea solution. The stability of the membrane is repor ted in terms of the extent of leaching of the reagent from the membran e in aqueous solutions. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.