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Removing Iron from 80% percent pure Platinum

April 1, 2015

Q. I have some Pt bars that are 80% pure Pt, and want to remove the iron with flux.

Roger Haas
- santa Cruz, California, USA

April 15, 2015

A. Dear sir,
If you can roll that platinum into thin sheet, then treat it with HCl or simply dissolve in aqua regia and do the platinum refining process.

bhupesh mulik
CAC admixture - Mumbai, India

April 16, 2015

Q. We tried that and the results did not make the assay. The assayor suggests fluxes to remove the iron but we have no idea of which flux or the combination to use.

Roger Haas [returning]
- Santa cruz

May 8, 2015

A. Dear sir, you have to refine that ore using aqua regia. So roll it, remove the iron using nitric acid (Pd dissolves in nitric acid, don't throw it). You will get the pure Pt; dissolve in aqua regia.

bhupesh mulik
cac admixture - Mumbai, India

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