Low environmentally impact recovery of gold using cyanide producing bacteria

Proceedings - Fourth International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Eco Design 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 935-938

  Kita, Yoshito ^a   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Ike, Michihiko ^a   Takemoto, Tadashi ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Au; Chromobacterium violaceum; Cyanide producing bacteria; Recycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CYANIDES; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BONDING WIRE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY; SURFACE PLATING; WASTE ELECTRONICS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33947190400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619383     Document Type: Conference Paper

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