– Highly selective individual separation and recovery from primary ore of palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, and ruthenium at high purity – Highly selective individual recovery of platinum and ruthenium from alloy scrap
Archives: Publications
Platinum Group Metals: Highly Selective Separations by MRT™ (Molecular Recognition Technology®) – Review of Individual Separations of Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, and Ruthenium from Industrial Feedstocks and Comparison with Classical PGM Separation Processes
– Single-pass highly selective industrial separations (up to 99%) and recovery at high purity (99.95-99.99%) are described for individual platinum group metals: palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium – MRT™ processes achieve a circular economy and sustainability for highly selective separation and recovery of individual platinum group metals at high purity – Comparison of cost metrics...
Removal, Separation, and Recovery of Heavy Metals from Industrial Waste Streams Using Molecular Recognition Technology® (MRT)
– Demonstration of successful and economic removal of regulated heavy metals from acid/alkali waste stream: Cu, Cd, Cr (VI, III), Ni, Pb, Zn, and Ag – Removal of these metals was much more effective using MRT™ than conventional methods – Favorable cost analysis for MRT™ over conventional systems – Favorable payback periods for MRT™ installed...
Charles J. Pedersen: Innovator in Macrocyclic Chemistry and Co-recipient of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
– Seminal role of Pedersen in the development of macrocyclic chemistry as a new field of research – Organization of First Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry at Brigham Young University in 1977 – High metal selectivity stemming from Pedersen’s work and subsequent research at BYU makes possible green chemistry MRT™ processes capable of operating in a...
The Application of Molecular Recognition Technology® (MRT) in the Nuclear Power Cycle: From Uranium Mining and Refining to Power Plant Waste Separation and Recovery, as well as Element Analysis and Isotope Purification
Economic advantages of MRT™ systems over conventional systems
Update on the Application of MRT to Separations in the Copper and Cobalt Industries
Environmental, process, and economic advantages of MRT™ systems over traditional separations technologies
Metals Separations and Recovery in the Mining Industry
– Advantages of highly selective MRT™ processes over ion exchange and chelating ion exchange in metal separations and recovery – Substitution of an MRT™ module in the gold flowsheet for carbon-in-carbon gold processing has significant positive effects on gold and silver recovery with marked reduction in CAPEX and OPEX values
Challenges to Achievement of Metal Sustainability in Our High-Tech Society
– Formal and informal metal recycling with challenges and possible solutions – Global challenges in achieving metal sustainability and how these challenges can be overcome