Bleaching of brazilian kaolins using organic acids and fermented medium

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 965-971

  De Mesquita, L M S ^a   Rodrigues, T ^a   Gomes, S S ^a  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Biotechnology; Industrial minerals; Mineral processing; Oxide ores

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FERMENTATION; FUNGI; IRON; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEPARATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRAZILIAN KAOLINS; FERMENTED MEDIUM; OXALIC ACID; REDUCTIVE LEACHING;

KAOLIN;

EID: 0030243225     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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