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Spent Automotive Converters as a Secondary Resource of Metals

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Chapter describes a possibility of recovery of metal ions (especially platinum group metals) from spent automobile converters by hydrometallurgical method. Also, the composition of the automobile catalyst is reported. Moreover, the results of leaching of metal ions from spent catalysts with organic and inorganic acids were presented. Carboxylic acids were considered as potential leaching agents for treatment of spent automotive converters. These acids show leaching potential towards base metals, and could be used in the first step of leaching prior to platinum group metals leaching in more stringent conditions.

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Acknowledgements

The work was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Grant No. 0912/SBAD/2010) and co-financed by National Agency of Academic Exchange NAWA (Grant No. PPN/BIL/2018/1/00200).

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  1. Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

    Martyna Rzelewska-Piekut & Magdalena Regel-Rosocka

  2. Faculty of Materials Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland

    Mariola Saternus & Agnieszka Fornalczyk

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  1. Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Marek Ochowiak

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  3. Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

    Piotr Tomasz Mitkowski

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Rzelewska-Piekut, M., Saternus, M., Fornalczyk, A., Regel-Rosocka, M. (2020). Spent Automotive Converters as a Secondary Resource of Metals. In: Ochowiak, M., Woziwodzki, S., Mitkowski, P., Doligalski, M. (eds) Practical Aspects of Chemical Engineering. PAIC 2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39867-5_41

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