Evidence for electrochemical deposition of gold onto arsenopyrite

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1217-1226

  Möller, Peter ^a   Sastri, Chaturvedula S ^a   Kluckner, Manfred ^b   Rhede, Dieter ^a   Ortner, Hugo M ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenopyrite; Corrosion; Electrochemistry; Galvanic cell; Gold; n and p type conductivity

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GALVANIC CORROSION; GOLD; REDUCTION;

ARSENOPYRITE; CORROSION PHENOMENA; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; GALVANIC CELLS; MACRO-ENVIRONMENT; MICROENVIRONMENTS; P TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; SPECIFIC DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION;

ARSENOPYRITE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; GOLD;

EID: 0031411345     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/6/1217     Document Type: Article

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