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Gold complexes and activated carbon

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Exciting new developments are taking place in the extractive metallurgy of gold, which are based upon the adsorption of the metal or its complexes on carbon and subsequent elution. Despite the efforts of investigators over a period of almost 70 years, however, the mechanisms of the adsorption and elution processes have not yet been established unequivocally. The literature relating to them is reviewed here.

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    Robert D. Hancock

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McDougall, G.J., Hancock, R.D. Gold complexes and activated carbon. Gold Bull 14, 138–153 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216558

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