Iron oxidation and precipitation in a simulated heap leaching solution in a Leptospirillum ferriphilum dominated biofilm reactor

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Ozkaya, Bestamin ^a   Sahinkaya, Erkan ^a   Nurmi, Pauliina ^a   Kaksonen, Anna H ^a   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed reactor; Heap leaching; Iron oxidation; Iron oxide precipitation; Leptospirillum ferriphilum

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; HEAP LEACHING; IRON OXIDATION; IRON OXIDE PRECIPITATION; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LEACHING; OXIDATION; TOXICITY;

IRON;

EID: 34447261196     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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