Gold Rescue
Activated carbon is a versatile material used in many industrial applications. The gold mining industry also uses activated carbon in gold recovery processes. This process is used to separate gold from a gold-containing solution and is usually performed using a cyanide solution.
Activated carbon is used in the gold mining industry to extract gold from cyanide solution. Cyanide is a very effective solvent for gold, but it is harmful in nature and can cause serious damage to the environment. Therefore, the gold mining industry uses activated carbon to recover and reuse cyanide in solution .
For processing, the gold-containing cyanide solution is sent to a tank filled with activated carbon. Activated carbon absorbs cyanide from solution and adsorbs gold particles. Next, the solution is taken out of the tank filled with activated carbon and sent to another tank. At this stage, the gold particles in the solution remain on the activated carbon and the cyanide is sent to another tank to be recovered.
Finally, the gold undergoes an electrolysis process to separate it from the activated carbon. This process ensures that the gold particles are separated from the activated carbon and pure gold metal is produced.
The use of activated carbon in the gold recovery industry is an environmentally safer method and minimizes the impact of cyanide, which is harmful to the environment. In addition, the high adsorption capacity of activated carbon adsorbs a large part of the gold particles, increasing the product efficiency.
Activated carbon is used in the gold mining industry as an environmentally safer method. Thanks to this method, the use of cyanide in the gold extraction process is minimized and the product efficiency increases as the adsorption capacity of the gold particles is high.
The use of activated carbon in the gold recovery industry is also more economical than other methods. Activated carbon can be used for a long time and requires less material consumption as it adsorbs most of the gold particles in the solution.
However, the use of activated carbon also brings some disadvantages. In particular, activated carbon used in the gold mining industry, when used in high temperature or acidic environments, loses its activity and needs to be renewed or replaced. This can increase the cost.
Activated carbon can also adsorb other substances besides gold particles. Therefore, it is important that activated carbon is selective in the gold recovery process. Another disadvantage is that it takes time to separate the gold particles from the activated carbon.
Activated carbon is an important material in the gold recovery industry. Its use instead of cyanide is safer and more economical from an environmental point of view .