Research Article

Catalytic Reduction of Noble Metal Salts by Sodium Hypophosphite Promoted by the Film Poly-(p-Allyl Ether Benzenesulfonic Acid)

Table 2

Occurrence of the metals in the MEs, as determined by SEM-EDS (for method B).

MEElements (%)[M] versus [S]
COSMetal

Pt85.15.30.0a9.5
Pd96.72.60.010.5[Pd]/[S] = 51.3
Ni82.517.00.140.3[Ni]/[S] = 2.2

aLower concentration than the detection limit of the instrument (toward the maximum for carbon).