Synthesis of Amino Polyurethane Foam and Its Application in Trace Gold Enrichment in Geological Samples

Hong-yue WANG; Yan-hong LIU; Ding-shuai XUE

doi:10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.2016.04.012

2016 Vol. 35, No. 4

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Hong-yue WANG, Yan-hong LIU, Ding-shuai XUE. Synthesis of Amino Polyurethane Foam and Its Application in Trace Gold Enrichment in Geological Samples[J]. Rock and Mineral Analysis, 2016, 35(4): 409-414. doi: 10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.2016.04.012

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Hong-yue WANG, Yan-hong LIU, Ding-shuai XUE. Synthesis of Amino Polyurethane Foam and Its Application in Trace Gold Enrichment in Geological Samples[J]. Rock and Mineral Analysis, 2016, 35(4): 409-414. doi: 10.15898/j.cnki.11-2131/td.2016.04.012

Synthesis of Amino Polyurethane Foam and Its Application in Trace Gold Enrichment in Geological Samples

Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

Received Date: 13 January 2016

Revised Date: 05 May 2016

Accepted Date: 20 July 2016

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Abstract

The common method for the determination of Au in geological samples is by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) after enrichment by polyurethane foam (PUF). Compared with activated carbon, PUF has a good selectivity but has a low absorption capacity. PUF loaded by different extraction agents or modified with different functional groups can improve the absorption capacity. PUF was treated with hydrochloric acid to prepare PUF-NH₂. Infrared Spectrum and Scanned Electron Microscope results show the peak of PUF-NH₂ shows obvious red shift, and the amount of amino group increases obviously. Macromolecule of PUF-NH₂ shows obvious fracture. The amino group after hydrolysis is reduced, which is easy to achieve in an oxide-reduction reaction with Au ions during the absorption of Au to form Au nanoparticles. Modified PUF-NH₂ achieved absorption capacity of 96 mg/g, which is an 8-fold improvement compared to PUF. Using PUF-NH₂ to enrich Au in geological samples, the samples were first ashed and then digested by 50% aqua regia. Gold was determined by ICP-OES. The recovery by standard-addition ranged from 95.0% to 105.0% and the detection limit was 0.15 μg/g. The experimental results show that the enrichment degree and analytical sensitivity are improved by using PUF-NH₂, which is suitable for the determination Au in low grade ores.
- geological materials /
- gold /
- recovery /
- amino-PUF /
- Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry

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