Bioleaching of pyrite by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans: Fixed grains electrode to study superficial oxidized compounds

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 535-540

  Toniazzo, Valérie ^a   Lazaro, Isabell ^b   Humbert, Bernard ^c   Mustin, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Electro chemistry; Oxidation; Pyrite; Superficial oxidized compounds; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MINERAL PROCESSING; PYRITE; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0033117313     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80135-9     Document Type: Article

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