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How is sulfuric acid used to extract platinum

Hello I've been reading about sulfuric acid used for mining. I was wondering how the process works with sulfuric acid and removing platinum, palladium, and rhodium.

Jason Ta
recycler - Duarte, CA, US
July 14, 2008

July 15, 2008

Hi, Jason. I'm not sure I understood the question, but it sounds like the sulfuric acid will dissolve the rock and most everything else but the precious metals?

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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