A kinetic study of the cementation of gold from cyanide solutions onto copper

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-69

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPPER; CYANIDES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0031208221     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-386x(96)00093-x     Document Type: Article

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