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Palladium, Platinum, and Gold

thebean - 29-4-2014 at 16:55

I decided to give the whole "precious metals from computers" thing a try. The one thing I'm worried about is separating the metals from one another. I'm aware that palladium dissolves slowly in some acids. This then worries me that I will lose it during the removal of less valuable metals, but if it is slow enough I can't lose that much. I figure if that is the case, after precipitating the metals I could treat it with nitric or sulfuric acid and that would get the palladium out on it's own. Does anyone have any ideas on what else I could do?

hyfalcon - 29-4-2014 at 18:35

You have to register to read this forum but it's well worth the trouble.

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=34

Brain&Force - 29-4-2014 at 18:59

Also try the YouTube channel "indeeditdoes" for the practical side of gold refining. (Recommended by NurdRage)