Process for the recovery of cobalt and nickel in the presence of magnesium and calcium from sulphate solutions by Versatic 10 and Cyanex 272

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-543

  Tsakiridis, P E ^a   Agatzini, S L ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROMETALLURGY; NICKEL; PH EFFECTS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STRIPPING PROCESS; SYNTHETIC SULFATE SOLUTIONS;

COBALT;

EID: 1542320234     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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