Treatment of acid mining waters

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-232

  Santos, S ^a   Machado, R ^a   Correia, M Joana Neiva ^a   Carvalho, Jorge R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Biotechnology; Environmental; Filtration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; GELS; GYPSUM; HEAVY METALS; HYDRATION; IRON OXIDES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ACID MINE WATERS (AMW); ACID ROCK DRAINAGE;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0742268418     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.09.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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