Kalpaka Chemicals offers unique line of products that caters to Gold Industry.
Our GAU series Kalbon carbon products offers superior performance in terms of providing the highest gold adsorption capacity (K value), rate of adsorption (R value), superior hardness and abrasion resistance. Our Gold Carbon products provide our customers with exceptional value by maximizing yield while minimizing loss.
Activated carbon is a highly porous organic material comprised of a series of graphitic plates, which are interconnected by carbon-carbon bonds. This creates a highly porous structure and gives an extensive internal surface area, where “adsorption” occurs. Adsorption is a surface reaction that causes compounds to “stick” to the surface of the carbon. The phenomenon is the result of intermolecular attractions or forces inherent to the carbon surface.
In gold recovery applications, adsorption forces remove gold from solutions and adhere the metal complex to the carbon surface. Because the reaction occurs at the surface of the carbon, the adsorption process is relatively easy to reverse, a process called “desorption.” While it is important to maximize the adsorption of gold from the solution, it is equally as important to subsequently desorb the gold from the carbon. Any molecules that remain adsorbed after elution or stripping translate into gold that cannot be recovered. As a result, it is important to select an activated carbon that efficiently adsorbs and desorbs to maximize overall yield and profitability.
In physical adsorption, contaminants are adsorbed and held on the internal Activated Carbon Structure surface of activated carbon due to Van der Waals Forces of attraction between the carbon atom and the molecule. The force of attraction diminishes as the distance between the pore wall and the adsorbate molecule increases.
Gold alone is not soluble, and will not be readily adsorbed by activated carbon until it is cyanidated, forming a gold-cyanide coordination complex called dicyanoaurate. It is this gold-cyanide complex that is attracted to the tremendous surface area available on activated carbon, allowing for a variety of recovery techniques. One handful of activated carbon has a surface area equivalent to that of a football field. The massive surface area of activated carbon makes the material an ideal adsorbent.
Activated carbon can be produced from a variety of different precursors, including coal, coconut, wood, and lignite, which are the primary materials used to make commercial-scale activated carbon. The starting material dictates the pore size distribution of the final activated carbon product. Typically, coconut is the precursor for gold recovery applications because of its tight pore structure, high activity pores, and hardness.
Our GAU series Kalbon carbon products offers superior performance in terms of providing the highest gold adsorption capacity (K value), rate of adsorption (R value), superior hardness and abrasion resistance. Our Gold Carbon products provide our customers with exceptional value by maximizing yield while minimizing loss.
Activated carbon is a highly porous organic material comprised of a series of graphitic plates, which are interconnected by carbon-carbon bonds. This creates a highly porous structure and gives an extensive internal surface area, where “adsorption” occurs. Adsorption is a surface reaction that causes compounds to “stick” to the surface of the carbon. The phenomenon is the result of intermolecular attractions or forces inherent to the carbon surface.
In gold recovery applications, adsorption forces remove gold from solutions and adhere the metal complex to the carbon surface. Because the reaction occurs at the surface of the carbon, the adsorption process is relatively easy to reverse, a process called “desorption.” While it is important to maximize the adsorption of gold from the solution, it is equally as important to subsequently desorb the gold from the carbon. Any molecules that remain adsorbed after elution or stripping translate into gold that cannot be recovered. As a result, it is important to select an activated carbon that efficiently adsorbs and desorbs to maximize overall yield and profitability.
In physical adsorption, contaminants are adsorbed and held on the internal Activated Carbon Structure surface of activated carbon due to Van der Waals Forces of attraction between the carbon atom and the molecule. The force of attraction diminishes as the distance between the pore wall and the adsorbate molecule increases.
Gold alone is not soluble, and will not be readily adsorbed by activated carbon until it is cyanidated, forming a gold-cyanide coordination complex called dicyanoaurate. It is this gold-cyanide complex that is attracted to the tremendous surface area available on activated carbon, allowing for a variety of recovery techniques. One handful of activated carbon has a surface area equivalent to that of a football field. The massive surface area of activated carbon makes the material an ideal adsorbent.
Activated carbon can be produced from a variety of different precursors, including coal, coconut, wood, and lignite, which are the primary materials used to make commercial-scale activated carbon. The starting material dictates the pore size distribution of the final activated carbon product. Typically, coconut is the precursor for gold recovery applications because of its tight pore structure, high activity pores, and hardness.
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