Assessment of the significant parameters influencing the bio-oxidation and bio-precipitation of iron from industrial leach liquor

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Das, Trupti ^a   Ghosh, Malay K ^a   Chaudhury, Gautam Roy ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Oxidation; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BIOLEACHING; ION EXCHANGE PRECIPITATION; IRON OXIDATION;

OXIDATION;

EID: 19644383546     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195505X28474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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