The leaching of tetrahedrite in ferric chloride solutions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-179

  Correia, M J N ^a   Carvalho, Jorge R ^a   Monhemius, A John ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ferric chloride; Leaching; Tetrahedrite

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; REACTION KINETICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FERRIC CHLORIDE; TETRAHEDRITE;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0034274387     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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