Decomposition of copper concentrates at high-temperatures: An efficient method to remove volatile impurities

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 731-742

  Winkel, L ^a,b   Wochele, J ^a,c   Ludwig, C ^a,c   Alxneit, I ^a   Sturzenegger, M ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Amt für Lebensmittelkontrolle   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extractive metallurgy; Pyrometallurgy; Reaction kinetics; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

COPPER SMELTING; DECOMPOSITION; PHOTORESISTS; PYROLYSIS;

COPPER CONCENTRATES; COPPER SULFIDE (CUS); EFFICIENT METHODS; VOLATILE IMPURITIES;

COPPER;

EID: 46349101677     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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