New solvent systems for the recycling of metals

Autor: D.C. Goodall
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Conservation & Recycling. 9:67-71
ISSN: 0361-3658
Popis: The mixed non-aqueous systems dimethyl sulphoxide - sulphur dioxide and dimethyl formamide - sulphur dioxide react selectively with metal oxides, dissolving MgO, V 2 O 5 , CrO 3 , MnO 2 , CoO, CuO, Cu 2 0, ZnO, SnO 2 , PbO 2 , La 2 O, and Ag 2 O at ambient temperature, forming sulphur oxyanion compounds. Dimethyl formamide - sulphur dioxide also converts CuO and Cu 2 O directly to copper metal. Acetonitrile - sulphur dioxide dissolves CuO and Cu 2 O only. Such highly selective reactions, occurring at ambient temperatures, with little or no loss of solvent, offer a valuable technique for recycling metals from waste and converting them directly to industrially valuable materials.
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