The mechanism of sphalerite dissolution in ferric sulphate-sulphuric acid media

Yazawa International Symposium: Metallurgical and Materials Processing: Principles and Techologies; Aqueous and Electrochemical Processing

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 139-162

  Dutrizac, J E ^a   Pratt, A R ^a   Chen, T T ^a  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFURIC ACID; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FERRIC SULPHATE; POLYSULPHIDE; SPHALERITE;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0141682596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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