Evolvement of permeability of ore granular media during heap leaching based on image analysis

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 426-431

  YANG, Bao hua ^a,b   WU, Ai xiang ^c   JIANG, Huai chun ^d   CHEN, Xue song ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^d Sino Guizhou Jinfeng Mining Limited   (China)

Author keywords

CT; heap leaching; image analysis; ore granular media; permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEACHING; ORES; PORE STRUCTURE;

HEAP LEACHING; ORE GRANULAR MEDIA;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 41949139683     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60075-8     Document Type: Article

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