An innovative thiourea gold leaching process

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-124

  Ubaldini, S ^a   Fornari, P ^a   Massidda, R ^a   Abbruzzese, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYDROMETALLURGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFURIC ACID; THERMAL EFFECTS;

THIOUREA;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0032024641     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(97)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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