Bacterial oxidation of ferrous iron by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the pH range 2.5-7.0

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Meruane, Gabriel ^a   Vargas, Tomás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bacterial activity; Bioleaching; Ferrous iron oxidation; Iron precipitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; HYDROMETALLURGY; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMIOSMOTIC KINETICS;

IRON METALLURGY;

EID: 0141973077     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(03)00151-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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