Tellurium recovery from cemented tellurium with minimum waste disposal

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-201

  Rhee, Kang In ^a   Lee, Churl Kyoung ^a   Ha, Yoon Cheol ^b   Jeong, Goo Jin ^b   Kim, Han Soo ^b   Sohn, Hun Joon ^b  

^a Minerals and Materials Processing Division   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CAUSTIC SODA; COPPER; COPPER REFINING; ELECTROLYTES; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; LEAD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SELENIUM; SULFURIC ACID; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROMINIMIZATION; ELECTROWINNING;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0033360633     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(99)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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