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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.k., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
KURARAY CO., LTD., Kurashiki-shi, JP;
TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
In an activated carbon for adsorbing a noble metal from an aqueous solution containing the noble metal, the difference (absolute value) between a zeta-potential in a 10 mmol/L aqueous solution of sodium tetraborate and a zeta-potential in a 0.01 mmol/L aqueous solution of sodium tetraborate is adjusted to not more than 18 mV and the pore volume of pores with a pore radius of not more than 1 nm is adjusted to 150 to 500 mm/g. The activated carbon of the present invention may have a carbohydrate solution decolorizing performance of not less than 30%. The aqueous solution containing the noble metal may be a plating wastewater. According to the present invention, a noble metal can efficiently be adsorbed (or recovered) from a solution containing the noble metal.