Copper recovery from chalcopyrite concentrate by an indigenous acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in an air-lift bioreactor

Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Mousavi, Sayyed Mohammad ^a   Vossoughi, Manouchehr ^a   Yaghmaei, Soheila ^a   Jafari, Arezou ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Air lift bioreactor; Bioleaching; Copper extraction; Sulfide mineral

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846871897     PISSN: 10219986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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