Bioleaching of marmatite flotation concentrate by adapted mixed mesoacidophilic cultures in an air-lift reactor

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 3-12

  Shi, Shaoyuan ^a   Fang, Zhaoheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Air lift reactor; Bioleaching; Leptospirillum ferrooxidans; Marmatite; Mixed cultures

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AIR; BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AIR-LIFT REACTORS; BIOLEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MARMATITE; MIXED CULTURES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 14044252119     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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