C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 22 – B
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
22
B
53/168
C22B 11/00 (2006.01) C22B 9/22 (2006.01) C22B 11/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1162054
ABSTRACT A process for recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from refractory ceramic substrates containing an aluminium silicate and/ or alumina, for example, wash-coated auto emission control catalysts and Pt reforming catalysts. A charge, in divided form, containing the substrate, one or fluxes and a collector is heated in a high heat intensity furnace, to a temperature of at least 1420°C to produce a molten metallic phase including a substantial proportion of the said metals and a molten slag phase. These are then separated and the platinum group metals subsequently extracted from the metallic phase. By choice of suitable fluxes, at least some alumina can be converted to an aluminium silicate which becomes molten at the operating temperature. Further, the ability to use high temperature fluxes avoids the need for an excessive slag which is normally required to dissolve the high alumina content of such catalysts and which normally gives rise to unacceptable losses of the metals to be recovered when applying conventional pyro- metallurgical techniques.
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Borden Ladner Gervais Llp
Johnson Matthey & Co.
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