Rates of arsenopyrite oxidation by oxygen and Fe(III) at pH 1.8-12.6 and 15-45°C

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6460-6464

  Yu, Yunmei ^a   Zhu, Yongxuan ^a   Gao, Zhenmin ^a   Gammons, Christopher H ^b   Li, Denxian ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHLY PRECIPITATED; HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE; MIXED FLOW REACTOR;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENOPYRITE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON; ORE BODY; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW RATE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARSENICALS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34548765455     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070788m     Document Type: Article

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