A kinetic description of percolation bioleaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Lizama, H M ^a  

^a Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Biooxidation; Leaching; Mass balancing; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GROWTH KINETICS; ORES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PYRITES; RATE CONSTANTS; TITRATION; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOLEACHING; BIOOXIDATION; COLONIZATION; MASS BALANCING;

LEACHING;

EID: 0942278998     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.09.012     Document Type: Article

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