Chlorination

Gold Chlorination Process in VAT

The Munktell Chlorination Process This method was devised by W. Munktell, who seems to have worked it out without having visited either the vat or the barrel chlorination works already established in other parts of the world. The process enjoys the distinction, according to the published accounts, of having been worked at a profit. It … Read more

The Barrel Gold Chlorination Process

The use of revolving barrels for chlorinating ores was perhaps suggested by the old Freiberg method of barrel amalgamation. It has already been mentioned, p. 239, that Dr. Duflos used a revolving barrel in some of his experiments at Breslau, in 1848, and obtained results almost identical with those given by the vat percolation method. … Read more

Plattner Gold Chlorination Process

The use of chlorine as an agent for the extraction of gold from ores was first suggested by Dr. John Percy, F.R.S., at the Swansea meeting of the British Association, in a paper embodying the results of experiments carried out later. Simultaneously, Prof. C. F. Plattner, Assay Master at the Royal Freiberg Smelting Works, applied chlorine … Read more