Investigation of the Cu(II) adsorption mechanism on pyrite by ARXPS and SIMS

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1329-1340

  Weisener, C ^a   Gerson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHELATION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER ORE TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANGLE RESOLVED X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (ARXPS); COPPER HYDROXIDE; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY (TOF-SIMS);

PYRITES;

EID: 0034325883     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00116-3     Document Type: Article

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