Gold(III) extraction and recovery and gold(III)/copper(II) separation using micelles

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Aydinoglu S., Biver T., CECCARINI A., SECCO F., Venturini M.

COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS, cilt.482, ss.324-328, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 482
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.06.024
  • Dergi Adı: COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.324-328
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: SDS, DTAC, PADA, MEUF, Ultrafiltration, Stripping, ENHANCED ULTRAFILTRATION, NONIONIC SURFACTANT, PRECIOUS METALS, GOLD, ADSORPTION, PALLADIUM, CATALYSIS, PLATINUM, SORPTION, MEDIA
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Gold extraction from aqueous solutions has been performed by micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF), using SDS and DTAC micelles. DTAC entraps 92-100% of the metal, which is present in form of AuCl4-, owing to electrostatic interaction. Using SDS the extraction of gold is unsuccessful. However, addition of PADA, as a metal extractor agent, according to the ligand modified micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (LM-MEUF) procedure, makes the extraction yield to approach 100% also with SDS. The recovery of gold entrapped in the micellar pseudo-phase has also been investigated. Different stripping agents have been used, the most efficient of them being a mixture of NaCl and NH3 which allowed the metal to be expelled from the micelle with a yield of 85%. Finally, Au(III)/Cu(II) separation is achieved with DTAC or SDS between pH 3 and 5. Almost 100% of Au(III) is retained on DTAC micelles while all Cu(II) remains in the aqueous medium, while the opposite occurs in SDS. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.