Study of Merrill-Crowe processing. Part I: Solubility of zinc in alkaline cyanide solution

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 171-183

  Chi, Gexla ^a   Fuerstenau, Maurice C ^a   Marsden, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eh pH diagrams; Merrill Crowe processing; Zinc solubility

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEAD NITRATE; MERILL CROWE PROCESS; ZINC HYDROXIDE;

ZINC;

EID: 0031124368     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-7516(96)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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