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ArticleToxics2021

Full Factorial Design for Gold Recovery from Industrial Solutions.

Maria Mihăilescu, Adina Negrea, Mihaela Ciopec, Petru Negrea, Narcis Duțeanu, Ion Grozav, Paula Svera, Cosmin Vancea, Alina Bărbulescu, Cristian Ștefan Dumitriu

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Article in Toxics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Maria MihăilescuResearch Institute for Renewable Energies, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Adina NegreaFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7572-3703
Mihaela CiopecFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Petru NegreaFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Narcis DuțeanuFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5015-9306
Ion GrozavFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Paula SveraNational Institute for Research-Development for Electrochemistry and Condensate Matter, 114, Dr. A. Păunescu Podeanu Str., 300224 Timişoara, Romania.
Cosmin VanceaFaculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Enginering, Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, P-ța Victoriei, 300006 Timişoara, Romania.
Alina BărbulescuDepartment of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brașov, 5 Turnului Str., 900152 Brașov, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9840-2443
Cristian Ștefan DumitriuSC Utilnavorep SA, Constanța, 55, Aurel Vlaicu Bd, 90055 Constanța, Romania.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold is one of the precious metals with multiple uses, whose deposits are much smaller than the global production needs. Therefore, extracting maximum gold quantities from industrial diluted solutions is a must. Am-L-GA is a new material, obtained by an Amberlite XAD7-type commercial resin, functionalized through saturation with L-glutamic acid, whose adsorption capacity has been proved to be higher than those of other materials utilized for gold adsorption. In this context, this article presents the results of a factorial design experiment for optimizing the gold recovery from residual solutions resulting from the electronics industry using Am-L-GA. Firstly, the material was characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), to emphasize the material's characteristics, essential for the adsorption quality. Then, the study showed that among the parameters taken into account in the analysis (pH, temperature, initial gold concentration, and contact time), the initial gold concentration in the solution plays a determinant role in the removal process and the contact time has a slightly positive effect, whereas the pH and temperature do not influence the adsorption capacity. The maximum adsorption capacity of 29.27 mg/L was obtained by optimizing the adsorption process, with the control factors having the following values: contact time ~106 min, initial Au(III) concentration of ~164 mg/L, pH = 4, and temperature of 25 °C. It is highlighted that the factorial design method is an excellent instrument to determine the effects of different factors influencing the adsorption process. The method can be applied for any adsorption process if it is necessary to reduce the number of experiments, to diminish the resources or time consumption, or for expanding the investigation domain above the experimental limits.

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Amberlite XAD7Am-L-GAfactorial designL-glutamic acid

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PMID34065249
PMCPMC8160989

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