“…of gold. Whitmore and Schneider (2) identified a larger number of precious metals by this reagent through the formation of microcrystalline derivatives; however, they were working in a higher concentration range (1 to 2% solutions of the metal salts), and they applied the reagent in the form of the pure solid-i.e., pyridinium chloride. One unpleasant feature of the latter is its objectionable odor.…”