Two-dimensional dynamic model of a copper sulphide ore bed

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 67-74

  Sidborn, M ^a   Casas, J ^b   Martinez J ^a   Moreno, L ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacterial leaching; Copper leaching; Dynamic model; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER METALLURGY; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BIOLEACHING;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0141938375     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00178-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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