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Recovery of gold from polypropylene and carbon filter cartridges




Q. We use polypropylene filter cartridges, to filter gold electrolyte, and we carbon pack once / twice in a month. We are unable to use it for third time as it is getting choked up, so we replace with a new cartridge. Now my question is: How to to reclaim entrapped gold from used /carbon packed polypropylene filter cartridges? I normally wash with hot water, and electrolytically extract gold, but still the cartridge contains gold. How to recover entire gold from the used cartridge? Suggestions?

Panjala Mukesh
Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India

2004



This is a simple, routine job for a precious metal refinery, Mukesh. Have you none within reasonable shipping distances? Good luck.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2004



Q. Thanks for replying sir, we do recovery & refine gold from dragouts, and making our own GPC Salt, so kindly give me the process details so that, I can recover to the maximum extent.

Panjala Mukesh
Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India

2004



2004

My expertise is metal finishing, including plating, not refining, Mukesh. I suggested that you send the cartridges to a refinery because that is what all the shops that I am familiar with do. If you already run a refinery yourself, I doubt that I or other metal finishers can contribute much to your knowledge of this subject.

All I can say is that my understanding is that a refinery normally starts by burning the ion exchange resins, not by trying to recover the gold by rinsing. Good luck.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey



Q. Can I burn the polypropylene cartridges, to extract gold; will it cause any dangerous fumes emission like thyoxin etc, kindly suggest.

Panjala Mukesh
Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India

2005



Sorry, Mukesh, I am not qualified to advise on the dangers, if any, that are associated with the refining of gold and the burning of plastics. But I have never heard of thyoxin, and an internet search of that word is not producing anything relevant. Sorry.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey



Q. Hi, I have 0.020% of gold in 15% copper sulphate [on eBay or Amazon]solution, so I want to recover the gold. Please help me out.

My question is based on some project that I have 900 liters of copper sulphate solution, and in that we have 0.020% of gold. We have generated that gold totally by electroplating method.

Manthan soni
- India, ahmedabad
August 17, 2012




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