Microtomography based identification of gold adsorption mechanisms, the measurement of activated carbon activity, and the effect of frothers on gold adsorption

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 453-462

  Pleysier, R ^a   Dai, X ^a   Wingate, C J ^a   Jeffrey, M I ^a  

^a Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Cyanidation; Gold ores; Hydrometallurgy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANIDES; SOLVENTS;

ACTIVITY TESTING; GOLD CYANIDES; MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

GOLD;

EID: 42749094579     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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