Possibilities of platinum recovery from metal supported spent auto catalysts

The used auto catalytic converter is a valuable source of platinum group metals, so it is important to have it recycled in order to recover precious metals. World literature describes a number of pyro- or hydrometallurgical methods used for recovery of platinum from used automobile catalytic converters. However, all the methods, available in the literature, are used to recover platinum from ceramic carrier. Among automotive catalysts withdrawn from use, these with metallic carrier constitute quite a big group