Fundamental considerations on the mechanisms of silver cementation onto zinc particles in the Merril-Crowe process

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 408-414

  Viramontes Gamboa, G ^a   Medina Noyola, M ^a   Lopez Valdivieso A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cyanide leaching; Metal cementation; Mineral processing; Silver; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CEMENTATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSES; MERRILL-CROWE PROCESS; SILVER RECOVERY;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYANIDES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; METAL RECOVERY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

SILVER;

CYANIDE; HYDROGEN; SILVER; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CEMENTATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

ADSORPTION; BIOPHYSICS; COLORING AGENTS; COPPER; CYANIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SILVER; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 10044284367     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.08.151     Document Type: Article

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