An electrogenerative process for the recovery of gold from cyanide solutions

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1502-1510

  Yap, C Y ^a   Mohamed, N ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electrochemical; Electrogenerative; Gold recovery; Reticulated vitreous carbon; Static batch cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYANIDES; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY;

ELECTROGENERATIVE; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON; STATIC BATCH CELLS;

METAL RECOVERY;

CARBON; COPPER; CYANIDE; GOLD; GRAPHITE; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CYANIDES; GOLD; METAL RECOVERY; MORPHOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYANIDE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; GOLD; SOLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING; METALLURGY; REACTOR;

EID: 33847172661     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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