Precious Metal Recycling: What Processes Are Involved in Recovering Iridium Oxide

In this issue, we mainly explain how to refine iridium from iridium oxide, hoping that everyone can gain something after reading it.

Iridium oxide is described in the encyclopedia as follows: Iridium oxide is a chemical substance. It is an iridium oxide whose properties are clearly known, with its lattice being a rutile structure, containing six-coordinate iridium and three-coordinate oxygen.

Iridium dioxide, along with other rare metal oxides, can be used in the anode electrodes of industrial electrolysis, and in microelectrodes used in electrophysiological research.

After obtaining iridium waste, we first remove the impurities, and then use a mixture of acids to completely separate the iridium from the iridium oxide. Since the content of iridium in standard iridium oxide is at least 86%, the refining process is not very difficult. We purify this iridium through steps such as precipitation and filtration. These Precious Metal Recycling methods can further refine iridium, ensuring the acquisition of high-purity iridium.