Bioleaching model of a copper-sulfide ore bed in heap and dump configurations

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 899-909

  Casas, J M ^a   Martinez, J ^a   Moreno, L ^b   Vargas, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DENSITY CONTROL (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PYRITES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOLEACHING MODEL; COPPER SULFIDE; MICHAELIS-MENTEN MODEL;

COPPER ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0032141135     PISSN: 10735615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-998-0149-0     Document Type: Article

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