Glass sand processing by oxalic acid leaching and photocatalytic effluent treatment

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 639-646

  Tarasova, I I ^a   Dudeney, A W L ^a   Pilurzu, S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Progemisa SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental; Industrial minerals; Leaching; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CALCINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; IRON ORES; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SULFURIC ACID;

IRON OXALATE; OXALIC ACID;

SILICA SAND;

EID: 0035370721     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(01)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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