US1857664A - Treatment of gold and silver - Google Patents
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- C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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- This invention relates in the first place to a method of bringing gold and silver into solution to provide liquors for electrolytic processes, such as the refining of the metal by electrolysis, or its deposition in electrolytic gilding 'andsilvering or gold and silver plating. or for other methods of gilding and silvering such as the dipping, boiling, contact and rubbing processes, or for the manufacture of gold and silver salts.
- the method consists in acting upon the metal with iodine in solution in, or in the presence of, a solvent for the iodide of the metal;
- the invention consists in acting upon gold and silver-with iodine dissolved in a solution of-oxygen-free iodine compound of the alkali or alkaline earth metals, with or without an addition of the soluble chlorides or bromides of the alkali or alkaline earth metals.
- a further development of the invention is a method of electrolysis of gold and silver, for example for the purpose of refining, in which the electrolyte employed is a solution of an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal in an iodide of an alkali or alkaline earth metal.
- a typical example of the invention consists in the solution of gold and silver in the treatment of gold ores, or in dissolved commercial gold and silver for the purpose of further purification or forelectrol ic work.
- the metal shou d prefers ably be in the 'form of gold leaf or silverpowder to accelerate solution. 7
- a bath of the above stated composition one third of its gold content.
- the potassium iodide in the solutions may in-pa-rt be replaced by soluble chlorides or bromides, for instance of the alkali or alkaline earth metals.
- suitable cleaning preparations such as Vienna lime or the like may be added to the gold or silver solution to produce a cleaning paste.
- Gold and silver solutions produced according to the present process can also be used 8 to advantage in the gliding and silvering of porcelain since upon burning all the constit uents of the solution except the gold and silver vaporize.
- solutions prepared according to the present invention enable a considerable saving of current.
- the gold is present in the iodide as a monovalent ion, and hence only one third as much current is needed to deposit a given weight of gold as is re uired in the case of chloride solutions in whici the gold is usually a trivalent ion.
- the electrolytic action does not produce poisonous gases, as happens in the electrolysis of cyanide compounds, nor is the electrolyte 'liable to deterioration through oxidation at the anode even if it be vigorously stirred. Any iodine that may be formed during an electrolytic process employing insoluble anodes is immediately dissolved in thee ⁇ ;-
- an electrolyte composed according to the present in- 1 'vention of a solution of oxygen-free iodine compound has the advantage that the silver is deposited in a smooth adherent layer, and not in crystalline form as hap ns when silver nitrate is the electrolyte.
- l t has the same advantages over cyanide electrolytes as are explained above.
- the new electrolytes are of value both in refining the crude metal and also in electroplating.
- a bath of the following composition has been found suitable ⁇ Vater 1000 c. c.
- Iodide of silver (AgI) 40 gms.
- a method of preparing gold and silver which consists in forming an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal, dissolving said compound in a solution of oxygen-free salts, of alkali or alkaline earth metals, and electrolyzing said solution.
- An electrolyte for the electrolytic separation of gold and silver consisting of a solution of the metal iodide in alkali iodide.
- a method of refining gold and silver which consists in electrolytically dissolving the same in and depositing it from a solution of its iodide.
- a method of refining gold and silver which consists in electrolytically dissolving the same in and depositing it from a solution containing only iodine anions.
- a method of electrolytically depositing old and silver in which solutions of iodides gold and silver which consists in passing an --electric current through a solution of an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal containing only iodine anions.
Description
Patented May 10, 19 32 UNITED STATES PATENT o en MAX SCHLbTTER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO ASOCIACION DE PRODUCTOBEB DE YODO DECHILI, F VAIIPARAISO, CHILE TREATMENT or GOLD Ann sILvER no Drawing. Application filed October as, 1929, Serial 170.402,?96, and in Germany December 11, was.
This invention relates in the first place to a method of bringing gold and silver into solution to provide liquors for electrolytic processes, such as the refining of the metal by electrolysis, or its deposition in electrolytic gilding 'andsilvering or gold and silver plating. or for other methods of gilding and silvering such as the dipping, boiling, contact and rubbing processes, or for the manufacture of gold and silver salts.
The method consists in acting upon the metal with iodine in solution in, or in the presence of, a solvent for the iodide of the metal;
More specifically the invention consists in acting upon gold and silver-with iodine dissolved in a solution of-oxygen-free iodine compound of the alkali or alkaline earth metals, with or without an addition of the soluble chlorides or bromides of the alkali or alkaline earth metals.
A further development of the invention is a method of electrolysis of gold and silver, for example for the purpose of refining, in which the electrolyte employed is a solution of an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal in an iodide of an alkali or alkaline earth metal. 1
Yet other developments of the invention are solutions for gilding or silvering by dipping and other non-electrolytic processes, and cleaning pastes for rubbing processes of gilding or silvering.
A typical example of the invention consists in the solution of gold and silver in the treatment of gold ores, or in dissolved commercial gold and silver for the purpose of further purification or forelectrol ic work. In the lattercase the metal shou d prefers ably be in the 'form of gold leaf or silverpowder to accelerate solution. 7 A solution'of 20 gms. of iodine in 110 gms.
of potassium iodide dissolved in 1,000 0. c1
of water will, if thoroughly stirred, dissolve 10 gms. of gold leaf. ,j
- Such a solution, unlike the usual solution of gold cyanide, is odourless, keeps well, and is not poisonous. Because of its keeping qualities the solution can be regenerated by.
the introduction of fresh gold or gold compounds when as the result of. electrolytic de position or use as a gilding bath or the like its gold content has fallen below the limit practically allowable for metal deposition.
This regeneration is a simple operation not I needing expert supervision. Consequently a SOllltlOIl prepared according to the invention can at any time be restored to full strength, whereas a nearly exhausted cyanide bath has little or no solvent power for fresh gold on account of incipient decomposition of the cyanogen salts and must either be employed in-its weakened state to'use up the last remnant of gold or subjected to costly processes for the recovery'of the gold;
A bath of the above stated composition one third of its gold content.
The potassium iodide in the solutions may in-pa-rt be replaced by soluble chlorides or bromides, for instance of the alkali or alkaline earth metals.
Thus asolution of 20 gms. of iodine in a solution of" 60 gms. of potassium iodine and 60 gms. of potassium bromide and 1000 050. of water; or
i 20 gms. of iodine in 75 gms. of potassium iodide and 75 gms. of sodium chloride and 1000 c.c. of water; or
' 7 '20'gms. of iodinein 75 gms.] of potassium iodide and 90 gms. of calcium bromide and 1000 c.c. water will with intensive stirrin iodide must be increased to give a brilliant silver coating. If there is too little otassium iodide in the solution, silver iodi e and copper iodide deposit upon the object which is dipped as. well as silver.
For the purpose of gliding or silvering by the rubbing process, suitable cleaning preparations such as Vienna lime or the like may be added to the gold or silver solution to produce a cleaning paste.
Gold and silver solutions produced according to the present process can also be used 8 to advantage in the gliding and silvering of porcelain since upon burning all the constit uents of the solution except the gold and silver vaporize.
For electrolysis, solutions prepared according to the present invention enable a considerable saving of current. Fbr the gold is present in the iodide as a monovalent ion, and hence only one third as much current is needed to deposit a given weight of gold as is re uired in the case of chloride solutions in whici the gold is usually a trivalent ion. Moreover the electrolytic action does not produce poisonous gases, as happens in the electrolysis of cyanide compounds, nor is the electrolyte 'liable to deterioration through oxidation at the anode even if it be vigorously stirred. Any iodine that may be formed during an electrolytic process employing insoluble anodes is immediately dissolved in thee};-
cess of potassium iodide, or may in part form additive compounds with the metal iodide. When soluble electrodes are employed, solution proceeds steadily, and both at the anode and cathode the process is quantitive, so that the gold content of the electrolyte remains constant. 7
In the case of silver electrolysis an electrolyte composed according to the present in- 1 'vention of a solution of oxygen-free iodine compound has the advantage that the silver is deposited in a smooth adherent layer, and not in crystalline form as hap ns when silver nitrate is the electrolyte. l t has the same advantages over cyanide electrolytes as are explained above.
The new electrolytes are of value both in refining the crude metal and also in electroplating. For electrolytic separation of gold according to the present invention a bath of the following composition has been found suitable \Vater 1000 c. c.
Iodide of gold (AuI) 21 gms.
Potassium iodide (KI) 140 gms. and for electrolytic separation of silver a bath of the following composition Water 1000 c. c.
Iodide of silver (AgI) 40 gms.
Potassium iodide (KI) 370 gms.-
In these baths an E. M. F. of about 0.1 to- 0.3 volts is employed and a current density of about 100 amperes per square meter; while in existing processes as a rule current densities of no more than 25 amperes per square meter can be allowed if the quality of the deposit is not to deteriorate.
What I claim is 1. An electrolytic method of producing gold and silver which consistsin electrolyzing a solution of iodide of the metal in an alkali iodide admixed with another oxygen-free halogenide.
-2. Au electrolytic method of preparing of the metals-are employed as electrolytes.
3. A method of preparing gold and silver which consists in forming an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal, dissolving said compound in a solution of oxygen-free salts, of alkali or alkaline earth metals, and electrolyzing said solution.
4. An electrolyte for the electrolytic separation of gold and silver consisting of a solution of the metal iodide in alkali iodide.
5. A method of refining gold and silver which consists in electrolytically dissolving the same in and depositing it from a solution of its iodide.
6. A method of refining gold and silver which consists in electrolytically dissolving the same in and depositing it from a solution containing only iodine anions.
7. A method of electrolytically depositing old and silver in which solutions of iodides gold and silver which consists in passing an --electric current through a solution of an oxygen-free iodine compound of the metal containing only iodine anions.
In testimonyaavhereof I have signed my name to this specification.
soHLo'r'rER.
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Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2558750A (en) * | 1943-07-19 | 1951-07-03 | Walter F Courtis | Production of divided metals |
US3004903A (en) * | 1946-08-29 | 1961-10-17 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Anodizing method |
US3334031A (en) * | 1964-05-18 | 1967-08-01 | Harvest Queen Mill & Elevator | High density bipolar electroplating electrolyte |
US3495976A (en) * | 1964-12-22 | 1970-02-17 | Mo Z Vtorichnykh Dragotsennykh | Method of separating a layer of gold from a base of non-ferrous or rare metals or their alloys |
US5137700A (en) * | 1987-07-02 | 1992-08-11 | Nelson H. Shapiro | Processes employing iodine-iodide etching solutions |
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US2558750A (en) * | 1943-07-19 | 1951-07-03 | Walter F Courtis | Production of divided metals |
US3004903A (en) * | 1946-08-29 | 1961-10-17 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Anodizing method |
US3334031A (en) * | 1964-05-18 | 1967-08-01 | Harvest Queen Mill & Elevator | High density bipolar electroplating electrolyte |
US3495976A (en) * | 1964-12-22 | 1970-02-17 | Mo Z Vtorichnykh Dragotsennykh | Method of separating a layer of gold from a base of non-ferrous or rare metals or their alloys |
US5137700A (en) * | 1987-07-02 | 1992-08-11 | Nelson H. Shapiro | Processes employing iodine-iodide etching solutions |
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