Dissolution of iron in the hydrochloric acid leach of an ilmenite concentrate

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-323

  Lanyon, Marshall R ^a   Lwin, Thaung ^a   Merritt, Richard R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Iluka Resources Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DISSOLUTION; ETHANOL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; ILMENITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON METALLURGY;

BECHER PROCESS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID LEACH;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0033100177     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(98)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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