Ozonation pretreatment of gold-silver pyritic minerals

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Pedroza, Fco Raül Carrillo ^a   Aguilar, Ma De Jesüs Soria ^a   Luévanos, Antonia Martínez ^a   Anaya, Juan Antonio González ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Cyanide; Gold; Minerals; Ozone; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; MINERALS; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CYANIDATION; GOLD-SILVER PYRITIC MINERALS; OXIDIZE SULFIDE ORES;

OZONIZATION;

EID: 34547733044     PISSN: 01919512     EISSN: 15476545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01919510701463131     Document Type: Article

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