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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1987
Mamoru Hirako, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyasu Ezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are processes and an apparatus for refining gold. One of the processes comprises dissolving unrefined gold by use of iodine and/or an iodide compound to form a solution containing an iodide compound of gold, removing insoluble substances in the solution, reducing the ions containing the gold by use of an alkali to precipitate the gold of high purity. In this process, the iodine may be obtained by electrolyzing the iodide compound. The other process and the apparatus further comprise circulating the solution having been separated from the precipitated gold for reuse, and the alkali simultaneously produced by the above electrolysis is economically employed therein.