A comparison of methods for the determination of platinum in ores
1Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Abstract:
Fire-assay and wet-extraction methods of determining platinum in ores have been evaluated. The fire-assay procedure using lead as a collector was used in combination with flame and flameless atomic-absorption, emission spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence. In this last method flattened silver beads were analysed directly, whereas for the other methods the beads were dissolved in aqua regia and the solutions made up with concentrated hydrochloric acid before analysis. The wet procedures involved treatment of the ores with acids and subsequent analysis by flame atomic-absorption or by spectrophotometry after treatment with tin(II) chloride. Chromatographic, ion-exchange and solvent-extraction procedures were used to isolate platinum from base metals, the other platinum metals and gold. Results for each ore by fire assay-flame atomic-absorption, fire assay-emission spectroscopy, and wet extraction combined with spectrophotometry, showed no difference at the 99% confidence level. X-Ray fluorescence and flameless atomic-absorption results tended to be high and low respectively. The most precise method was wet extraction followed by spectrophotometric determination. Emission spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence generally yielded the poorest precision. Wet-extraction methods were time-consuming and since no advantage was gained in accuracy over the fire-assay methods, a combined fire assay-flame atomic-absorption system was the preferred method of analysis.
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