| 摘要 |
A method of refining a precious metal comprising the steps of inquarting the material containing the precious metal into an alloy, with a known quantity of a base metal to form an alloy of a known concentration of the precious metal, and dissolving the base metal in acid to leave the refined precious metal as a solid. Preferably the method is used to refine gold, and the acid used is nitric acid, followed by a secondary acid treatment of hydrochloric acid. |
