Process for the reduction of metallic compounds by polyols, and metallic powders obtained by this process
AssigneeUniversite Paris VII
InventorsMichel Figlarz, Fernand Fievet, Jean-Pierre Lagier
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Abstract
A process for reducing in a liquid phase a solid compound selected from the oxide, hydroxide or salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of gold, palladium, iridium, osmium, copper, silver, nickel, cobalt, lead and cadmium comprises heating said solid compound suspended in a polyol and thereafter isolating the formed metallic precipitate.
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A process for reducing in a liquid phase a solid compound, said solid compound being a metal selected from the group consisting of gold, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, copper, silver, nickel, cobalt, lead and cadmium in the form of an oxide, hydroxide or salt thereof, comprising heating said compound suspended in a polyol for a time effective to reduce said compound and thereafter isolating the formed metallic precipitate.
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