Gold electrowinning from thiourea solutions

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1083-1096

  Juarez, C M ^a   Dutra, A J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; PASSIVATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROWINNING; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMETRY; THIOUREA;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0034273932     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00092-3     Document Type: Article

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