Current Chemistry : Separation and Recovery of Gold and Other Metals Using Conducting Polymers
William E. Price,
Stephen F. Ralph and Gordon G. Wallace
Australian Journal of Chemistry
54(10) 615 - 619
Published: 13 March 2002
Abstract
A variety of metal ions including alkali metals and transition metals can be transported across conducting polymer membranes, but only when an appropriate electrochemical stimulus is applied. This paper summarizes recent work in this area, and also describes how conducting polymer RVC composite materials (RVC = reticulated vitreous carbon) can be used to recover gold from solutions containing [AuCl4]-with a high degree of efficiency and selectivity.Manuscript received: 2 November 2001.
Final version: 19 December 2001.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01167
© CSIRO 2002
