Hydrometallurgical recovery/recycling of platinum by the leaching of spent catalysts: A review

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-32

  Jha, Manis Kumar ^a   Lee, Jae Chun ^b   Kim, Min Seuk ^b   Jeong, Jinki ^b   Kim, Byung Su ^b   Kumar, Vinay ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Platinum; Recycling; Spent catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYANIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; HYDROGEN; METAL RECOVERY; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; RECOVERY;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CONSERVE RESOURCES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; SPENT CATALYST; PLATINUM RECOVERY;

PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS;

EID: 84871395587     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2012.11.012     Document Type: Review

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