Gold Cyanide Adsorption on Activated Carbon
pattern was found when gold adsorbed at 30 C was eluted from the carbon by soxhlett extraction at 95'C. In this test, the carbon was presoaked in cyanide-free alkaline solution and soxhlett extracted over 24 hr. At 95'C, gold desorbs because the adsorption step is exothermic. Subsequently, the test was