Electrobioleaching of sphalerite flotation concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 783-788

  Selvi, S C ^a   Modak, J M ^b   Natarajan, K A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioleaching; Electrowinning; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LEACHING; OXIDATION;

ELECTROBIOLEACHING; ELECTROWINNING;

FLOTATION AGENTS;

EID: 0032138962     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00063-6     Document Type: Article

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