A kinetic study of the leaching of a low-grade niobium-tantalum ore by concentrated KOH solution

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-178

  Zhou, Hong Ming ^a,b   Zheng, Shi Li ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Yi, Dan Qing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clean process; Diffusion control; Kinetics; KOH; Leaching; Niobium tantalum ore

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL ORE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUTIONS; TANTALUM;

CLEAN PROCESSES; DIFFUSION CONTROL; KINETICS; KOH; NIOBIUM-TANTALUM ORES;

LEACHING;

EID: 27944453880     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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