Manganese metallurgy review. Part I: Leaching of ores/secondary materials and recovery of electrolytic/chemical manganese dioxide

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 137-159

  Zhang, Wensheng ^a   Cheng, Chu Yong ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical manganese dioxide; Electrolytic manganese dioxide; Leaching; Manganese; Metallurgy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROLYTES; LEACHING; METALLURGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION;

CHEMICAL MANGANESE DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTIC MANGANESE DIOXIDE; ROASTING; SECONDARY MATERIALS;

MANGANESE;

EID: 35448966704     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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