Defining the Paragoethite process for iron removal in zinc hydrometallurgy

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-129

  Loan, M ^a,d   Newman, O M G ^b   Cooper, R M G ^b,e   Farrow, J B ^c   Parkinson, G M ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Zinifex Ltd   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e HATCH LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Ferrihydrite; Filterability; Iron removal; Jarosite; Paragoethite; Schwertmannite; Silica; Zinc hydrometallurgy

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLID SOLUTIONS;

FERRIHYDRITE; IRON PHASE PRECIPITATION; PARAGOETHITE PROCESSES; ZINC HYDROMETALLURGY;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 31644435182     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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