Dephosphorization of Western Australian iron ore by hydrometallurgical process

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1083-1092

  Cheng, C Y ^a   Misra, V N ^a   Clough, J ^b   Mun, R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; PHOSPHORUS; SULFURIC ACID;

DEPHOSPHORIZATION;

IRON ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0033197005     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00093-X     Document Type: Article

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