Leaching of gold and silver from Miller Process dross through non-cyanide leachants

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Murthy, D S R ^a   Prasad, P M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; GOLD METALLURGY; HYDROMETALLURGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROMETALLURGY; SALTS; SILVER METALLURGY;

DROSS; MILLER PROCESS; NON CYANIDE LEACHANTS; SALT ROASTING; THIOSULFATE; THIOUREA;

LEACHING;

EID: 0030215234     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-386X(95)00049-M     Document Type: Article

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