Numerical modelling of the effectiveness of sealants in retarding acid mine drainage from mine waste rock

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-250

  Farah, Anis ^a   Hmidi, Nuri ^a   Moskalyk, Ray ^a   Amaratunga, L M ^a   Tombalakian, A S ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; HEAVY METALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH; POLYMERS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLUTIONS; TAILINGS; WEATHERING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOUND; LEACHATE SOLUTION; LEACHING COLUMN; MINE WASTE ROCK; ORGANIC BASED SOLUTION; SULPHATE CONCENTRATION;

SEALANTS;

EID: 0031247737     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.1997.36.4.241     Document Type: Article

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