Cyanide recovery from gold extraction process waste effluents by ion exchange II. Modelling of the fixed bed operation

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-97

  Torre, M ^a   Bachiller, D ^a   Fernandez J P ^a   Rendueles, M ^a   Diaz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breakthrough curves; Copper cyanide complexes; Fixed bed column; Industrial simulation; Ion exchange; Model

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GOLD METALLURGY; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECOVERY;

BREAKTRHOUGH CURVES; CYANIDE RECOVERY; FIXED BED COLUMN; GOLD EXTRACTION;

ION EXCHANGE;

CYANIDES; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GOLD METALLURGY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECOVERY;

EID: 31744435270     PISSN: 07366299     EISSN: 15322262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07366290500388673     Document Type: Article

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