Thiourea leaching of silver from mechanically activated tetrahedrite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 367-377

  Baláž, Peter ^a   Ficeriová, Jana ^a   Šepelák, Vladimír ^a   Kammel, Roland ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRINDING (MACHINING); LEACHING; ROLLING MILLS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

LEACHING RATE;

SILVER ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0030289986     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-386x(96)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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