Low molecular weight carboxylic acids in oxidizing porphyry copper tailings

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2515-2521

  Dold, Bernhard ^a,b   Blowes, David W ^b   Dickhout, Ralph ^b   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^a   Pfeifer, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DATA REDUCTION; IRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TAILINGS;

ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (LMWCA); LOW-SULFIDE SYSTEMS; PIUQUENES TAILINGS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPPER DERIVATIVE; FERRIC ION; FORMIC ACID; HYDROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; OXIDATION; POREWATER; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON; HYDROLYSIS; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACETATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATIONS; COPPER; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FORMIC ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MINING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POROSITY; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OXY;

EID: 17644385923     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es040082h     Document Type: Article

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