The disproportionation of gold (I) chloride complexes at 25 to 200°C

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1971-1983

  Gammons, Christopher H ^a,c   Yunmei, Yu ^b   Williams Jones, A E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPLEXATION; DISPROPORTIONATION; GOLD CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030831066     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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