Journal
MINERALS ENGINEERING
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 505-513Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.12.009
Keywords
Precious metals; Hydrometallurgy; Recovery; Car catalytic converters
Funding
- Spanish CiCyT [MAT2007-66737-C02-01]
- Government of the Basque Country [IT-312-07, GIC07/126-IT-312-07]
- Eusko Jaurlaritza/Gobierno Vasco
- University of the Basque Country
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The car industry is one of the technological applications which more platinum-group metals (PGM) employs. Therefore, the recovery of the PGMs from the car catalytic converters could be an important source to obtain these precious metals, with economic and environmental consequences. In this work, the car catalytic converters were characterized through different techniques as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and inductively coupled plasma. In order to suggest an environmentally friendly method for the recovery of PGMs, some conditions such as the reagents concentration and composition, energy optimization, pre-treatment in hydrogen atmosphere and a thermal pre-treatment were studied. In addition, a new alternative to recover at least the 95% of the PGMs present in the car catalytic converters by the application of lees aggressive, corrosive or expensive reagents and conditions is proposed. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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