Leaching of chalcopyrite with ferric ion. Part IV: The role of redox potential in the presence of mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 106-115

  Cordoba E M ^a   Munoz J A ^b   Blazquez M L ^b   Gonzalez F ^b   Ballester, A ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingenierías   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BOTTLES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GARNETS; IRON; LEACHING; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR;

ERLENMEYER FLASKS; FERRIC IONS; LEACHING OF CHALCOPYRITE; MESOPHILIC; OXIDIZING BACTERIA; REDOX POTENTIAL (RP); SULPHATE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; IONS; IRON; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; REDOX POTENTIAL; SILICA;

EID: 45049088797     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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