Bacterial clay release and iron dissolution during the quality improvement of quartz sands

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Štyriaková, Iveta ^a   Štyriak, Igor ^b   Malachovský, Pavol ^c   Večera, Zbyněk ^d   Koloušek, Dávid ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c KERKO as   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bioleaching; Iron; Quartz sands; Quinone; Silicate minerals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CLAY; IRON; KAOLINITE; SILICATE MINERALS;

BACILLUS; CELL SUSPENSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATION; QUARTZ SANDS; QUINONE;

QUARTZ;

EID: 34548508731     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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