Extraction of platinum, palladium and rhodium from tailings by a metal chloride based leach reagent

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Cocksedge, Mark Burden

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High extractions of the platinum group metals' from a refractory tailings concentrate (PGM Concentration : Pt 81.5ppm, Pd 21.5ppm, Rh 17.5ppm) was achieved after short. low-temperature roasting and subsequent leaching with a zinc chloride based leach reagent containing nitric acid under atmospheric pressure at temperatures from 105-C to 120-C. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]

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A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Engineering

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Cocksedge, Mark Burden (1993) Extraction of platinum, palladium and rhodium from tailings by a metal chloride based leach reagent, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22835>

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