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It is shown that gold does not virtually dissolve in alkaline (pH 12.5) solutions containing either thiocarbamide or sodium sulfite. Gold dissolves in alkaline solutions simultaneously containing thiocarbamide (0.1 M) and sodium sulfite (0.5 M). The gold dissolution rate increases with the increase in the contents of thiocarbamide and sodium sulfite. The methods of microbalance and voltammetry are used in studying the mechanism of gold dissolution in a solution containing 0.5 M sodium sulfite, 0.1 M thiocarbamide, and 0.03 M KOH. The found relationships are explained based on the assumption that the gold dissolution in alkaline sulfite-thiocarbamide electrolytes affords gold sulfite complexes.
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Original Russian Text © O.N. Shevtsova, A.G. Zelinskii, R.Yu. Bek, 2009, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 7, pp. 878–883.
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Shevtsova, O.N., Zelinskii, A.G. & Bek, R.Y. Microbalance study of gold dissolution in alkaline sulfite-thiocarbamide electrolytes. Russ J Electrochem 45, 818–822 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193509070180
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