Reduction of Thiourea Consumption in Gold Extraction by Acid Thiourea Solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2757-2759

  Kai, Takami ^a   Hagiwara, Tamaki ^a   Haseba, Hiroko ^a   Takahashi, Takeshige ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; EXTRACTION; GOLD; IONS; IRON; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; UREA;

THIOUREA;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EXTRACTION; GOLD; LEACHING;

EID: 0031194027     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970064r     Document Type: Article

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