Recovery and refining of precious metals / C.W. Ammen

Author:: Ammen, C. W.
Published:: New York : Chapman & Hall, [1997]
Copyright Date:: ©1997
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xi, 441 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Primary precious metals -- Chemistry -- Testing, identification, and familiarization -- Recovery and refining values from secondary sources -- The Platinum Sisters -- Electrochemical principles -- Electrorefining -- Collectors and separators -- Wet chemical master plan -- Various systems -- Black sands -- Fire assaying -- Thin-layer chromatography -- Dip Stick Chemistry -- Solvent Extraction -- Magnetite -- Illustrated melting and smelting devices -- Odds, ends, and author's do's and don'ts.

Subject(s):

Precious metals—Metallurgy

ISBN:

0412720604 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Note:

Includes index.

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