Simultaneous Potentiostatic Coulometric Determination of Platinum and Palladium

Based on a voltammetric study of the electrochemical behavior of Pt(IV) and Pd(II) in a 1 M HCl + 0.1 M ethylenediamine hydrochloride solution at a carbon–graphite electrode, we have found the optimum conditions for the simultaneous determination of 0.2 to 3 mg of platinum and palladium with a relative standard deviation of less than 0.5%.The oxidation reactions were Pd(0) Pd(II) and Pt(II) Pt(IV). Mass excesses of analytes of 3.5- to 4.5-fold with respect to each other did not interfere with the determination of individual elements. With alternate cathodic and anodic polarization of the electrode, these elements can be multiply determined in a single portion of solution. The procedure was used for the simultaneous determination of platinum and palladium in process solutions of KP-1 platinum concentrate after the separation of gold and silver and also in platinum- and palladium-based alloys.