Application of cellulose anion-exchangers to separation of palladium from platinum or iridium with glycine as complexing agent and atomic-absorption spectrometry for detection.

The use of glycine as complexing agent for chromatographie separation of palladium from platinum, or palladium from iridium, on cellulose anion-exchangers has been investigated and found possible over a wide range of concentration ratios. The method can be used for analysis of Pd-Ir alloys. The nature of the complexes taking part in the ion-exchange has been identified.