Studies on the extraction of platinum metals with tri-iso-octylamine from hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid: separation and determination of gold, palladium and platinum.

The extraction of Pd(II), Rh(III), Ir(III), Au(III) and Pt(IV) from hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid with 5% tri-iso-octylamine solution in carbon tetrachloride has been studied. The gold extract from hydrochloric acid is yellow and absorbs at 325 nm, the palladium compound is red and absorbs at 290 nm and 467 nm, and the platinum compound is blood-red and shows absorption at 268 nm. The gold, palladium and platinum extracts from hydrobromic acid are crimson. reddish brown and blood-red, with maximum absorption at 260, 345 and 300 nm respectively. Methods have been devised for the separation of gold from platinum and for its determination and also for the simultaneous determination of palladium and platinum.