METHOD FOR RECOVERING PRECIOUS METAL FROM METAL CARRIER CATALYST

• Main Authors: HAYASHI, KIYOTAKA, KURIBAYASHI, KATSUMI, WATANABE, TSUNEYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.03.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; METALLURGY; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A method for recovering precious metal held in a metal carrier catalyst from said catalyst, that includes a step (1) in which the catalyst is heated in a nitric acid solution, and a step (2) in which the post-step (1) catalyst is heat treated in a sulfuric acid solution.