Iron sulfide oxidation as influenced by calcium carbonate application

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 773-780

  Hossner, L R ^a   Doolittle, J J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADDITION REACTIONS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

NEUTRALIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HALF LIFE TIME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0037952694     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2003.7730     Document Type: Article

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