The leaching kinetics of a zinc sulphide concentrate in acid ferric sulphate

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 72-81

  Souza, A D ^a   Pina, P S ^b   Leao V A ^b   Silva, C A ^b   Siqueira, P F ^b  

^a 254 Departamento Geologia Centro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical leaching; Ferric sulphate; Kinetics; Mechanism; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACID FERRIC SULPHATES; CHEMICAL LEACHING; FERRIC SULPHATES; LEACHING KINETICS;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548580587     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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