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Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 10: Platinum From the Road

Cody'sLab · 5.2M views · 2016-05-29 · 10:33

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Overview

Cody's Lab collects a sample of dust from the side of a highway and refines it to recover platinum-group metals deposited by catalytic converters. The video walks through the chemistry of separating and assaying the precious metals.

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HN commenters cite it as a vivid demonstration that roadside and tire/pavement dust contains recoverable platinum.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2018–2024

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ChemistryEnvironment, agriculture & food systems
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platinumcatalytic convertersrefiningroadside dust

What people said

jaggederest · 2024-07 · Reference

There's a Cody's Lab video where they refine highway dust for platinum group metals leaking from catalytic converters: [VIDEO]

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thenickdude · 2024-07 · Reference

Reminds me of Cody's Lab refining platinum from roadside dust from the highway: (due to catalytic converters) [VIDEO]

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ddtaylor · 2021-11 · Reference

You may also like this video on attempting to extract those precious metals from the pavement itself: [VIDEO]

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