Cyanide Solution - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
During cyanidation, alkaline cyanide solutions dissolve gold, silver, and other metals in order to form the respective anionic complexes which are stable in the solution. Cyanide ions can complex various precious metals and its reactivity is classified as follows (in decreasing order): Au, Ag, Nb, Pd, and Rh [6,8,9].The gold dissolution process occurs by various reactions which take place