Bacterial leaching of nickel laterites using chemolithotrophic microorganisms: Identifying influential factors using statistical design of experiments

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Simate, Geoffrey S ^a   Ndlovu, Sehliselo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chemolithotrophic microorganisms; DOE; Heterotrophs; Nickel laterites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GAS DYNAMIC LASERS; KETONES; LEACHING; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL LEACHING; COST CONTROLS; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGN (FFD); INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INTERACTIVE EFFECTS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MIXED CULTURES; OPTIMISATION; STATISTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 48149111948     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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