Nextarticlein issue Keywords Platinum group metal (PGM) Catalytic converter Spent catalysts Recovery Pyro/hydrometallurgy Magnetic separation 1. Introduction Theplatinum group metals(PGMs), which include platinum,palladium,rhodium,ruthenium,osmium, andiridium, have held a long-standing allure and have ascen...
And, of course, once that happens, catalytic converter manufacturers just substitute one for the other again. We can see this happening through the years reflected in the platinum/palladium price ratio. Platinum and palladium have traded places as world’s most expensive precious metal over the pa...
Platinum is used in catalytic converters, laboratory equipment, electrical contacts and electrodes, platinum resistance thermometers, dentistry equipment, and jewelry. Platinum is used in the glass industry[7] to manipulate molten glass which does not "wet" platinum. As a heavy metal, it leads to ...
Currently, 40% of the Pt, 58% of the Pd, and 83% of the Rh produced globally are used in the automobile industry for catalytic converters5. The calculated energy requirements for refining Rh (683,000 MJ/kg), Pt (243,000 MJ/kg), and Pd (72,700 MJ/kg) are much larger than that ...