Bioleaching of sphalerite by the acidophilic thermophile Acidianus brierleyi

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 339-352

  Konishi, Yasuhiro ^a   Nishimura, Hirotugu ^a   Asai, Satoru ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CELLS; IRON; ISOTHERMS; LEACHING; REACTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; ACIDOPHILIC THERMOPHILE; BIOLEACHING; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; SPHALERITE;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 0031679671     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-386x(97)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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