The optimisation of an impregnated carbon system to selectively recover cyanide from dilute solutions

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 483-490

  Williams, N C ^a   Petersen, F W ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Cyanidation; Gold ores

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; IMPREGNATION; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS;

COPPER CHLORIDE; CYANIDATION; SILVER CYANIDE;

CYANIDES;

EID: 0031141057     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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