[NewCandle] Cobalt versus iron hydroxides

[Robin van Spaandonk]

In reply to  Nick Reiter's message of Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:11:59 -0800 (PST):
Hi,
[snip]
>Hi Keith,
>
>OK, dang it, I have to toss in the towel on your
>separation of Co and Fe hydroxides problem, with nary
>but a vague suggestion.
>
>The solubility and reactivity of the two - from
>everthing I can glean from the CRC manual is damned
>near identical.  The even weigh nearly the same, so
>there goes any easy centrifuging.

Since the chemical differences between them are subtle, you may need to rely on
a subtle effect to do the job. Probably some organic complex (something like an
enzyme).

Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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