How Do You Balance Chemical Equations in Gold Extraction Processes?

[musi]

1. potassium cyanide is added to a powder containg pure gold and rock and reacts with gold in the presence of oxygen to form potassium gold cyandie and potassium hydroxide. what is the balance equation?


zinc is than added it reacts wwith potassium gold cyanide. what happens than? what is the balance equation?



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The Attempt at a Solution

 

[CFDFEAGURU]

The company that uses and created a liquid version of the cyanide as opposed to the brick form is Cyanco. Look them up on google.

Thanks
Matt

 

[berkeman]

1. potassium cyanide is added to a powder containg pure gold and rock and reacts with gold in the presence of oxygen to form potassium gold cyandie and potassium hydroxide. what is the balance equation?


zinc is than added it reacts wwith potassium gold cyanide. what happens than? what is the balance equation?



2.

The Attempt at a Solution

You must show an attempt at a solution before we can offer tutorial help. What are the chemical symbols for the elements and compounds in your question? How would you go about trying to balance the chemical equations?