Recovery of copper from its sulfides and other sources using halogen reagents and oxidants

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-164

  Han, K N ^a   Meng, X ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Electronic scrap; Halogen salts; Leaching; Pentlandite

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; IODINE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; NICKEL; ORES; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SALTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BROMIDE; CHALCOPYRITE; IODIDE; PENTLANDITE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRATE; SULFIDE;

COPPER;

EID: 0142124220     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403149     Document Type: Article

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