Solid-Phase Extraction and Determination of Precious Metals
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (17 September 2021) | Viewed by 2517
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis of adsorbents; solid-phase extraction; separation and preconcentration of precious metals
Interests: solid-phase extraction; chemically modified silicas; ICP-OES; element speciation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to their unique chemical and physicochemical properties, precious metals are widely used in various fields of science and technology. In nature, precious metals are found in low concentrations and are accompanied by predominant amounts of background elements. Solid-phase extraction is the most effective and widely used method of preconcentration. It allows one to isolate trace analytes from bulk solutions on a relatively low-weight adsorbent without additional chemical treatment of the solutions.
This Special Issue aims to publish papers on new adsorbents and approaches for preconcentration, separation and subsequent determination of precious metals and their species in samples of various composition using various methods of analysis, sensors and test systems, as well as works aimed at solving the main problems of solid-phase extraction of precious metals: separation of a group of precious metals from the prevailing amounts of related elements; separation of platinum metal ions that are kinetically labile in the reactions of ligand substitution from kinetically inert ones; separation of platinum metals with similar chemical properties. Papers on the combination of methods for the decomposition of mineral raw materials, solid-phase extraction and subsequent off-line or on-line determination are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir N. Losev
Dr. Elena Borodina
Dr. Olga Buyko
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solid-phase extraction
- precious metals
- separation and preconcentration
- adsorbents
