New technologies for HCl regeneration in chloride hydrometallurgy

World of Metallurgy - ERZMETALL

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-98

  Demopoulos, George P ^a   Li, Zhibao ^a   Becze, Levente ^a   Moldoveanu, Georgiana ^a   Cheng, Terry C ^a   Harris, Bryn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloride hydrometallurgy; Leaching process; Metal recovery; Regeneration of acid

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHLORIDE HYDROMETALLURGY; HCL REGENERATION; REGENERATION OF ACID;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

EID: 42549157500     PISSN: 16132394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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