Feasibility and cost of creating an iron-phosphate coating on pyrrhotite to prevent oxidation

Environmental Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Georgopoulou, Z J ^a   Fytas, K ^a   Soto, H ^a   Evangelou, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Non phosphate coating; Pyrrhotite

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; IRON PHOSPHATE COATING; OXIDATION; PYRRHOTITE; SULPHIDE;

EID: 0029663182     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050078     Document Type: Article

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