Oxidative dissolution of chalcopyrite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans analyzed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-84

  Bevilaqua, D ^a   Diez Perez I ^b   Fugivara, C S ^a   Sanz, F ^b   Benedetti, A V ^a   Garcia Jr , O ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Chalcopyrite; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODES; LEACHING; OXIDATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLEACHING OPERATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL LEACHING; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; IRON; PYRITE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMMERSION; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COPPER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3042569161     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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