Saltpeter extraction and modelling of caliche mineral heap leaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 90, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 103-114

  Valencia, John A ^a   Méndez, David A ^a   Cueto, Jessica Y ^b   Cisternas, Luis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Caliche; Heap leaching; Sodium nitrate

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES;

HEAP LEACHING; LEACHED MINERAL; SALTPETER EXTRACTION;

LEACHING;

EID: 38749131628     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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