Sulphuric acid pressure leaching of laterites - speciation and prediction of metal solubilities `at temperature'

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-26

  Rubisov, D H ^a   Papangelakis, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; COMPLEXATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LEACHING; NICKEL METALLURGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID PRESSURE LEACHING; LATERITES;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0034324863     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00093-1     Document Type: Article

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