Reaction chemistry of gold leaching in thiourea solution for a Turkish gold ore

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 67, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 71-77

  Örgül, Sibelo ^a   Atalay, U ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ferric sulfate; Gold leaching; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

GOLD ORE TREATMENT; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS;

GOLD LEACHING;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 0036892287     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(02)00136-6     Document Type: Article

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