Reduction of arsenic content in a complex galena concentrate by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Makita, Mario ^a,b   Esperón, Margarita ^b   Pereyra, Benito ^c   Lopéz, Alejandro ^a   Orrantia, Erasmo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b Chihuahua Institute of Technology   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER; GOLD; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; URANIUM;

BIOLEACHING; GALENA; REFRACTORY SULFIDES; ROASTING;

ARSENIC;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FERRIC CHLORIDE; LEAD SULFIDE; MINERAL; PYRITE; ZINC; ARSENOPYRITE; CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; IRON DERIVATIVE; LEAD; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DISSOLUTION; EXPOSURE; INJECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEIGHT; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AIR; ARSENICALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFIDES;

EID: 13244249621     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-4-22     Document Type: Article

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