Process for refining copper in solid state

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-414

  Villarroel, D ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; COPPER SMELTING; IMPURITIES; LEAD; PYROLYSIS; PYROMETALLURGY; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

COPPER CONCENTRATE;

COPPER REFINING;

EID: 0033116117     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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