Study on preferential flow in dump leaching of low-grade ores

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 124-132

  Wu, Aixiang ^a   Yin, Shenghua ^a   Yang, Baohua ^b   Wang, Jun ^b   Qiu, Guanzhou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Application rate; Dump leaching; Preferential flow; Solute transportation

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINES; DIFFUSION; LEACHING; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE TENSION;

APPLICATION RATE; DUMP LEACHING; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORTATION;

ORE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250329093     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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