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Biorecovery of Platinum Group Metals from Secondary Sources

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Since 1998 demand for the platinum group metals (PGM) has exceeded supply resulting in large price increases. Undersupply, combined with rising costs prompts environmentally friendly recycling technologies. Leachates containing PGM were produced from secondary waste sources using microwave leaching technology with the aim of recovering precious metals using bacterial biomass. Previous studies showed that metallised biomass exhibits catalytic activity; hence metal is not only recovered but can be converted into a valuable product. Cells of Escherichia coli MC4100 that had been pre-metallised with Pt were more effective at reducing PGM from the leachates. The solid recovered from the leachate onto the bacteria was characterised using X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis (EDX). Metallised biomass was tested for catalytic activity (reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III)) to compare the ‘quality’ of polymetallic bacterial-based catalysts versus counterparts made from single and mixed metal model solutions.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 20-21)

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651-654

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.20-21.651

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July 2007

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Angela J. Murray, I.P. Mikheenko, Elzbieta Goralska, N.A. Rowson, Lynne E. Macaskie

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Bioreduction, Catalytic Activity, Hydrogenase, Metallised Biomass, Microwave Assisted Leaching, Platinum Group Metal

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