Pressure oxidation kinetics of orpiment (As2S3) in sulfuric acid

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 85, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Long, Hu ^a   Dixon, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orpiment; Pressure oxidation; Refractory gold

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE REACTIONS;

OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE OXIDATION KINETICS; PRODUCT LAYER DIFFUSION; REFRACTORY GOLD;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846641662     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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