Recovery of cyanide in gold leach waste solution by volatilization and absorption

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Gonen N ^a   Kabasakal, O S ^a   Ozdil G ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanide recovery; Cyanide removal; Cyanide waste solution; Gold leach; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACIDITY; GOLD; LEACHATE TREATMENT; PH EFFECTS; RECOVERY; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VAPORIZATION;

CYANIDE RECOVERY; CYANIDE REMOVAL; CYANIDE WASTE SOLUTION; GOLD LEACH; REGENERATION;

CYANIDES;

CARBON; CYANIDE; GOLD; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; SULFURIC ACID; CYANIDE DIHYDRATASE; HYDROLASE;

CYANIDE; GOLD; LEACHATE; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

CYANIDE; GOLD; LEACHATE; MINING; RECOVERY METHOD;

ABSORPTION; ACIDIFICATION; AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; LEACHING; LIQUID; PH; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 16644387462     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.06.029     Document Type: Article

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