Electrochemical study on copper cementation from cyanide liquors using zinc

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1617-1625

  Hsu, Y J ^a   Kim, M J ^a   Tran, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cementation; Copper cyanide; Gold cyanide; Rotating disk electrode; Scanning voltammetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000681331     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-4686(98)00244-8     Document Type: Article

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