Bacterial leaching of nickel-bearing pyrrhotite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 172-175

  Ke, Jiajun ^a   Li, Hongmei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacilus ferrooxidans; Bacterial leaching; Bio hydrometallurgy; Nickel bearing pyrrhotite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLORITE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NICKEL;

ACIDITHIOBACILUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BIO-HYDROMETALLURGY; NICKEL-BEARING PYRRHOTITE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33746283043     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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