Removal of mercury from gold cyanide solution by dissolved air flotation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 803-811

  Tassel, F ^a   Rubio, J ^a   Misra, M ^b   Jena, B C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Flocculation; Gold ores; Mineral processing

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; CYANIDES; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION; MERCURY REMOVAL;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0031206895     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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