Concentration profiles of gold inside activated carbon during adsorption

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 299-312

  Vegter, N M ^a   Sandenbergh, R F ^a   Botha, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CYANIDES; DIFFUSION; FILMS; GOLD; MASS TRANSFER; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACES;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; CARBON PARTICLE; FILM MASS TRANSFER; SURFACE DIFFUSIVITY;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 0031273526     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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