Barium carbonate process for sulphate and metal removal from mine water

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-22

  Hlabela, Patrick ^a,b   Maree, Jannie ^a   Bruinsma, Dolf ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barium carbonate; Barium sulphate; Barium sulphide; Calcium carbonate; Mine water; Stripping; Sulphate; Thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947389300     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-007-0145-7     Document Type: Article

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