Recovery of precious metals from electronic scrap, in particular from waste products of the thick-layer technique

A new approach for the recovery of preci

A new approach for the recovery of precious metals from solution and from leachates derived from electronic scrap

✍ L.E. Macaskie; N.J. Creamer; A.M.M. Essa; N.L. Brown 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 275 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract A new approach is described for the recovery of precious metals (PMs: Au, Pd and Ag) with >99% efficiency from aqueous solution utilising biogas produced during the aerobic growth of __Klebsiella pneumoniae__. Gold was recovered from electronic scrap leachate (∼95%) by this method, with