Process for extracting tin from organic solutions by electrolysis
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorPhilippe G. Robert
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a process for the electrolytic extraction of the tin found a quantity of less than 1 g/l and in a chelated form in organic solutions. The process consists of using an electrolysis unit comprising an anode compartment and cathode compartment separated by a physical barrier, introducing the organic solution into the cathode compartment and carrying out the electrolysis in galvanostatic or potentiostatic mode. This process can be applied to the recycling of photographic effluents containing tin, in particular to the processing of reversal products.
Claims6
Electrolytic process for recovering tin contained in an aqueous organic solution having a highly reducing nature and a pH of more than 10, where the tin is in a quantity of less than 1 g/l, principally in a chelated form, in which an electrolysis unit comprising an anode compartment and a cathode compartment separated by a physical barrier is used, the organic solution is introduced into the cathode compartment and the electrolysis is carried out in galvanostatic mode with a pulsed electrolysis current with a duty factor R.sub.C of between 25% and 85%, R.sub.C being defined by the formula:
- R.sub.C =t.sub.work /(t.sub.idle +t.sub.work) where t.sub.work represents the time during which a operating current with a current density of between 4 and 50 mA/dm.sup.2 is passed through the cathode and t.sub.idle represents the time during which a steady state current is passed, the intensity of which represents approximately 10 to 20% of the operating current.
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