Dissolution of uraninite in acid solutions

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-263

  Bhatti, Tariq M ^a,d   Vuorinen, Antti ^b   Lehtinen, Martti ^c   Tuovinen, Olli H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Dissolution of uranium; Iron oxidation; Sulfur oxidation; Thiobacilli; Uraninite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBONATE MINERALS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; IRON; LEACHING; OXIDATION; SULFUR;

BIOLEACHING; RHODOCHROSITE; URANINITE;

URANATE MINERALS;

IRON; MINERAL; SULFUR; URANIUM;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; ROCK; SOLUBILIZATION; URANIUM MINE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032212209     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(1998110)73:3<259::AID-JCTB937>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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