Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Gold dissolves in aqua regia

Gold dissolves in aqua regia, a mixture of hydrochloric
and nitric acids, and in sodium or potassium
cyanide. The latter solvent is the basis for the cyanide
process that is used to recover gold from low-grade
ore.

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