Effect of sulfides on gold dissolution in ammoniacal thiosulfate medium

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-13

  Feng, D ^a   Van Deventer, J S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; LEACHING; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS;

AMMONIACAL THIOSULFATE LEACHING;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0037297170     PISSN: 10735615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-003-0049-2     Document Type: Article

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