Kinetics of cobalt removal by cementation from an industrial zinc electrolyte in the presence of Cu, Cd, Pb, Sb and Sn additives

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-116

  Dreher, Trina M ^a   Nelson, Amy ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a   Filippou, Dimitrios ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADDITIVES; ANTIMONY; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTES; LEAD; RATE CONSTANTS; TIN; ZINC;

CEMENTATION;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0035311252     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00152-3     Document Type: Article

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