Gold recovery using fabrics coated with conducting polymers

Authors

Jie Ding, University of Wollongong
Violetta Misoska, University of Wollongong
William E. Price, University of WollongongFollow
Stephen F. Ralph, University of WollongongFollow
George Tsekouras, University of WollongongFollow
Gordon G. Wallace, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

10015

Publication Details

Ding, J., Misoska, V., Price, W. E., Ralph, S. F., Tsekouras, G. & Wallace, G. G. (2003). Gold recovery using fabrics coated with conducting polymers. Synthetic Metals, 135-136 35-36.

Abstract

Conducting polymer coated fabrics were found to recover gold from solutions contammg [AuC1₄]^- in a facile and selective fashion. Although the fabric substrates also demonstrated a significant ability to recover gold, the rate of uptake by the coated fabrics was significantly faster. Conducting polymer coated fabrics also recovered gold from solutions containing [Au(CN)₂]^-, however, little selectivity was observed when solutions containing both gold and copper cyanide complexes were examined.