得克萨斯大学化学系J.J.Lagowski教授和他的助手发现:无水液氨能够迅速地溶解金属态的金而不为其他金属所影响。在溶解的情况下,金可以用电解方法以块状纯金属或以发亮镀金的形式回收。 后来由黄金研究所继续研究的这项工作,打开 Professor J. J. Lagowski, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, and his associates found that anhydrous liquid ammonia quickly dissolves metallic gold without affecting other metals. In the case of dissolution, gold can be electrolytically recovered as bulk pure metal or as shiny gold. This work, which was later continued by the Gold Institute, was opened