Oxygen pyrometallurgy at copper cliff - A half century of progress

JOM

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-21

  Queneau, Paul E ^a,b   Marcuson, Samuel W ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Inco R and D ^*

^c Absentia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; OXYGEN; PRODUCTION; SMELTING;

CHALCOCITE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; OXYGEN FLASH SMELTING; OXYGEN PYROMETALLURGY; OXYGEN TOP BLOWN ROTARY CONVERTER;

PYROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0029777048     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03221355     Document Type: Article

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