SIMS studies of oxidation mechanisms and polysulfide formation in reacted sulfide surfaces

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 857-870

  Smart, R S C ^a   Jasieniak, M ^a   Prince, K E ^b   Skinner, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GALENAD; IRON SULFIDES; POLYSULFIDE FORMATION; SULFIDE ORES; SURFACE OXIDATION; SURFACE RESTRUCTING; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0034247313     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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