Copper interaction during the dissolution of gold

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-505

  Nguyen, H H ^a   Tran, T ^a   Wong, P L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cementation; Cyanidation; Gold ores; Oxide ores; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; COPPER GOLD CYANIDE WATER SYSTEM; CYANIDATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CHEMIX;

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPPER; CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0031143536     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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