Oxidation of marcasite and pyrite by iron-oxidizing bacteria and archaea

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Wang, Hongmei ^a,b   Bigham, Jerry M ^a   Tuovinen, Olli H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching of iron sulfides; Marcasite oxidation; Pyrite oxidation; Sulfolobus metallicus

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; MARCASITE OXIDATION; PYRITE OXIDATION; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 34447258416     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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