Comparison of the oxidation kinetics of different pyrites in the presence of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans or Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-72

  Boon, M ^a   Brasser, H J ^a   Hansford, G S ^b   Heijnen, J J ^a  

^a KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PYRITES;

BIOLEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; OXIDATION KINETICS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 0032658490     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(99)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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