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Efficient Chloride Salt Extraction of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts

Efficient Chloride Salt Extraction of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts We show that platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) can be efficiently removed from spent catalytic converters by means of a sintering process involving chloride salts. For Pt, mixing the crushed catalyst in an aqueous solution of chloride salts at catalyst/salt weight ratios ranging from 2.5 to 6.7, followed by drying, and 2-h sintering in the reactor furnace at 1100 °C, results in extraction of 80 ± 4% of the metal. For Pd, the addition of fumed silica to the dry chlorination agents was necessary in order to optimize extraction using fractional factorial design of experiments (DOE). Maximum Pd extraction of 93 ± 5% was achieved at 1100 °C with weight ratios of the catalyst material: CaCl2·2H2O:SiO2 = 1:0.6:1.2. Application of a similar protocol to Pt-containing catalytic converters would be expected to result in a similar high level of extraction efficiency. The primary advantage of the proposed extraction process is that it does not involve hazardous chemicals, strong bases/acids, or corrosive gases, and produces, as a byproduct, only small quantities of nontoxic silicate waste. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy Springer Journals

Efficient Chloride Salt Extraction of Platinum Group Metals from Spent Catalysts

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Subject
Environment; Sustainable Development; Metallic Materials
ISSN
2199-3823
eISSN
2199-3831
DOI
10.1007/s40831-017-0155-z
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Abstract

We show that platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) can be efficiently removed from spent catalytic converters by means of a sintering process involving chloride salts. For Pt, mixing the crushed catalyst in an aqueous solution of chloride salts at catalyst/salt weight ratios ranging from 2.5 to 6.7, followed by drying, and 2-h sintering in the reactor furnace at 1100 °C, results in extraction of 80 ± 4% of the metal. For Pd, the addition of fumed silica to the dry chlorination agents was necessary in order to optimize extraction using fractional factorial design of experiments (DOE). Maximum Pd extraction of 93 ± 5% was achieved at 1100 °C with weight ratios of the catalyst material: CaCl2·2H2O:SiO2 = 1:0.6:1.2. Application of a similar protocol to Pt-containing catalytic converters would be expected to result in a similar high level of extraction efficiency. The primary advantage of the proposed extraction process is that it does not involve hazardous chemicals, strong bases/acids, or corrosive gases, and produces, as a byproduct, only small quantities of nontoxic silicate waste.

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Journal of Sustainable MetallurgySpringer Journals

Published: Jan 3, 2018

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