Detection and Recovery of Palladium, Gold and Cobalt Metals from the Urban Mine Using Novel Sensors/Adsorbents Designated with Nanoscale Wagon-wheel-shaped PoresSherif A. El-Safty 1,2, Mohamed A. Shenashen 1, Masaru Sakai 3, Emad Elshehy 1, Kohmei Halada 1
1National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, 2Graduate School for Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, Tsukuba University
Because of the importance and extensive use of palladium, gold and cobalt metals in high-technology equipment, their recovery and recycling constitute an important industrial challenge. The metal recovery system described herein is a simple, low-cost means for the effective detection, removal, and recovery of these metals from the urban mine.
