Bioleaching of iron from highly contaminated Kaolin clay by Aspergillus niger

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 251-257

  Hosseini, M R ^a   Pazouki, M ^b   Ranjbar, M ^a   Habibian, M ^c  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Bioleaching; Iron removal; Kaolin

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; IRON; REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATED KAOLIN; MINERAL PROCESSING PLANT;

KAOLIN;

FORMATION MECHANISM; IRON; KAOLIN; LEACHING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 34548486697     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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