GB2135695A - Selective electrowinning of palladium - Google Patents
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- KDLHZDBZIXYQEI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Palladium Chemical compound [Pd] KDLHZDBZIXYQEI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title claims abstract description 89
- 229910052763 palladium Inorganic materials 0.000 title claims abstract description 45
- 238000005363 electrowinning Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 12
- BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N platinum Chemical compound [Pt] BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 94
- 229910052697 platinum Inorganic materials 0.000 claims abstract description 47
- VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydrochloric acid Chemical compound Cl VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 33
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- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 12
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 claims description 12
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 claims description 6
- 238000011084 recovery Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000001479 atomic absorption spectroscopy Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000003792 electrolyte Substances 0.000 abstract description 5
- 238000005868 electrolysis reaction Methods 0.000 abstract description 3
- 239000002253 acid Substances 0.000 abstract description 2
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- 235000011167 hydrochloric acid Nutrition 0.000 description 12
- -1 platinum group metals Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- KPZGRMZPZLOPBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 1,3-dichloro-2,2-bis(chloromethyl)propane Chemical compound ClCC(CCl)(CCl)CCl KPZGRMZPZLOPBS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 229910021645 metal ion Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfuric acid Chemical compound OS(O)(=O)=O QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Titanium Chemical compound [Ti] RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910000510 noble metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- MUJIDPITZJWBSW-UHFFFAOYSA-N palladium(2+) Chemical compound [Pd+2] MUJIDPITZJWBSW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000007747 plating Methods 0.000 description 2
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- QFJIELFEXWAVLU-UHFFFAOYSA-H tetrachloroplatinum(2+) dichloride Chemical compound Cl[Pt](Cl)(Cl)(Cl)(Cl)Cl QFJIELFEXWAVLU-UHFFFAOYSA-H 0.000 description 2
- 239000010936 titanium Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052719 titanium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-O Ammonium Chemical compound [NH4+] QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-O 0.000 description 1
- 229920000557 Nafion® Polymers 0.000 description 1
- BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silver Chemical compound [Ag] BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000010521 absorption reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000003929 acidic solution Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000004458 analytical method Methods 0.000 description 1
- QZPSXPBJTPJTSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N aqua regia Chemical compound Cl.O[N+]([O-])=O QZPSXPBJTPJTSZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- QSKKXNSTGHZSQB-UHFFFAOYSA-N azane;platinum(2+) Chemical compound N.[Pt+2] QSKKXNSTGHZSQB-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 150000003841 chloride salts Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 238000007796 conventional method Methods 0.000 description 1
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- PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N gold Chemical compound [Au] PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910052737 gold Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010931 gold Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000012544 monitoring process Methods 0.000 description 1
- PIBWKRNGBLPSSY-UHFFFAOYSA-L palladium(II) chloride Chemical compound Cl[Pd]Cl PIBWKRNGBLPSSY-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 1
- 239000010970 precious metal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000001376 precipitating effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000001556 precipitation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000003923 scrap metal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000926 separation method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052709 silver Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000004332 silver Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000638 solvent extraction Methods 0.000 description 1
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
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- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION, RECOVERY OR REFINING OF METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25C1/00—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions
- C25C1/20—Electrolytic production, recovery or refining of metals by electrolysis of solutions of noble metals
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Abstract
A method of selectively electrowinning palladium from a mixture containing more palladium than platinum comprises dissolving the mixture in an acid solution containing at least 1 molar hydrochloric acid and subjecting the resulting solution to electrolysis in an electrowinning cell in which the solution is positioned in a cathode compartment which is separated by a cation permeable membrane from an anode compartment containing at least 0.5 molar hydrochloric acid. Palladium is selectively electrodeposited on the cathode until the concentrations of platinum and palladium are substantially equal. The resulting platinum-enriched electrolyte can be processed to recover the platinum therefrom. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Selective electrowinning of palladium
This invention relates to methods of producing precious metals electrolytically from solutions and is concerned with a method of producing palladium from solutions containing palladium and platinum.
In natural ores and metals platinum and palladium are frequently associated with each other. Ores are known that have much more palladium than platinum. A method of enriching the relative concentrations of platinum to palladium would be very useful for processing these ores. The conventional method of recovering platinum from a solution of platinum and palladium involves precipitating ammonium platinum VI hexachloride from a solution containing platinum hexachloride and palladium tetrachloride.
A process for the separation and recovery of noble metals disclosed in Chemical Abstracts 94:34295f shows the electrowinning of both platinum and palladium from a solution that contains other metal ions. Neither platinum nor palladium was selectively removed.
The present invention provides a method of selectively electrowinning palladium metal from a first solution that contains more palladium by weight than platinum and is prepared by dissolving palladium and platinum in an acid solution containing at least 1 molar hydrochloric acid.
The first solution is contacted with a cathode, in a cathode compartment of an electrowinning cell, separated from an anode by a cation permeable membrane. The anode is in contact with a second solution containing at least 0.5 molar hydrochloric acid. Electric current is passed across the anode and cathode. Paliadium is selectively electrowon until the concentrations of platinum and palladium are substantially equal.
Platinum and palladium are known to be associated with one another in naturally occurring ores along with other platinum group metals and gold and silver. Various chemical processes are known that selectively separate platinum from palladium. An example of such processes is shown in Kirk-Othmer's Encyclopedia of Chemical
Technology, Second Edition, in Volume 1 5, pages 843-847. The process shown therein shows precipitation of platinum hexachloride with ammonium ion which selectively precipitates only the platinum and does not precipitate the palladium chloride.
It has been found that in a concentrated hydrochloric acid solution containing platinum and palladium ions, palladium can be selectively
removed by electrolysis of the solution, if the
concentration of palladium is greater than the
concentration of platinum. Such solutions can be
obtained as the leach liquor from ores herein
defined as either naturaily occurring or artificial,
such as scrap metal, containing more palladium
than platinum. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, that a leach solution for noble metals will many times be the mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, known as aqua regia. Any other solution that will dissolve the metals from the ore will be satisfactory as long as it contains at least 1 M hydrochloric acid. Dissolving the metals from the ore is done in what is herein defined as a leach tank.A beaker containing chloride salts of platinum and palladium is, upon addition of hydrochloric acid, defined as a leach tank.
Solutions of hydrochloric acid and platinum (IV) hexachloride and palladium (II) tetrachloride will be made which can then be used as electrolyte for recovery of metal, if hydrochloric acid containing solution is used to leach platinum and palladium from an ore. If an ore contains substantially more palladium than platinum, electrolysis of the hydrochloric acid leach solution can provide an enriched source of platinum for conventional treating, as well as pure palladium metal plated onto the cathode.
The cell for this invention is constructed by partitioning a cell containing the aqueous acidic solution with a cation permeable membrane. The metal ions, in a first solution as platinum (IV) hexachloride and palladium (II) tetrachloride, are placed in the cathode compartment. As reaction proceeds, the palladium initially plates out on the cathode. It has been observed that platinum will not plate out until the concentration of platinum is about equal to the concentration of palladium, when concentration is measured in grams per litre.
In the bulk process of this invention, that is, when the cell is charged with pregnant liquor and voltage applied until platinum starts to plate out, monitoring of the relative concentrations of the.
metals in the solution is necessary if plating of the cathode with platinum is to be avoided, This can be done by anaiyzing aliquots of electrolyte by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The anode is in contact with a second solution that must be at least 0.5 molar hydrochloric acid. The second solution may have metal ions in it as well. Both the anode and the cathode must be made from noncorroding material, such as titanium. The applied voltage across the cell is typically about 1.5 volts, and should not exceed 5 volts.
An embodiment of this invention is schematically represented, by way of example, in
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a ieach-electroiysis cycle where pregnant liquor from a hydrochloric acid leach stream 10 is continuously supplied to the anode compartment 1 2 of the cell 1 4. An electrolyte stream 16 is bled from the cell 14 and recycled to the leach tank 1 8 where it further dissolves platinum and palladium from the ore. In this way the leach solution becomes increasingly concentrated with platinum. A bleed stream 20
removes platinum enriched electrolyte for conventional platinum processing in a processing unit 22. Make up hydrochloric acid 24 can be added to the stream to maintain volume in the system. The flow rates are determined by analysis of the concentrations of metals in the bleed stream.As long as the bleed stream has more palladium than platinum, the metal plating out on the cathode will be essentially all palladium.
Figure 2 shows a graphical representation of relative concentrations of platinum and palladium in the operation of this invention.
Example
The following example shows one embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to be limiting. A mixture of 100 ml of a solution that is 22.-1 grams platinum per litre of solution made from H2PtCI6 in water and 300 ml of a solution that is 60.0113 grams palladium per litre of solution made from dissolving PdCI2 in 1.0 HCI solution was prepared for an anode compartment.
;A 4.00 per cent HCI solution was prepared for an anode compartment. A cell was prepared by dividing a container with a NAFION membrane obtainable from DuPont that had been pretreated by boiiing for 30 minutes in 10% sulfuric acid and wet mounted. A 30 mm x 50 mm piece of platinum gauze was used as the anode and a 20 mm x 45 mm piece of expanded titanium was used as cathode. An electric current of 1.5 volts from a Hewlett-Packard 6428B DC Power Supply was passed through the solution and the concentrations of platinum and palladium measured approximately every one-half hour by atomic absorption. Results are shown in Figure 2.
It will be seen that there was no detectable difference in concentration in platinum until the concentrations of platinum and palladium were nearly equal. This provides a gauge for commercial plant operation utilizing the flow scheme of Figure 1.
Claims (7)
1. A method of selectively electrowinning palladium from a mixture containing more palladium by weight than platinum, which comprises:
forming from said mixture a first solution containing platinum and palladium and at least 1 molar hydrochloric acid;
contacting said first solution with a cathode in a cathode compartment of an electrowinning cell which is separated from an anode in an anode compartment by a cation permeable membrane, the anode being in contact with a second solution containing at least 0.5 molar hydrochloric acid; and
passing electric current across said anode and cathode until the concentrations of palladium and platinum in said cathode compartment, measured in grams of metal per litre, are substantially equal.
2. A method according to Claim 1, wherein the concentrations of metals in the solutions are monitored by atomic absorption spectroscopy.
3. A method according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the applied voltage across the cell does not exceed 5 volts.
4. A method according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein said first solution is formed in a leach tank by dissolving the mixture of palladium and platinum in a hydrochloric acid solution and wherein platinum-enriched solution formed in the cathode compartment of the electrowinning cell is recycled to the leach tank.
5. A method according to any preceding claim, wherein platinum-enriched solution formed in the cathode compartment is fed to a processing unit for platinum recovery.
6. A method of selectively electrowinning palladium, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
7. A method of selectively electrowinning palladium, substantially as described in the foregoing Example.
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