Adsorption behavior of gold in ammoniacal solutions on activated carbon

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 141-146

  Xu, Q ^a   Meng, X ^a   Han, K N ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ION EXCHANGE; METAL RECOVERY; MIXING; POROSITY; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AGITATION SPEED; AMMONIACAL SOLUTIONS; PORE DIFFUSION;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0030285415     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402735     Document Type: Article

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