Etching of {111} and {210} synthetic pyrite surfaces by two archaeal strains, Metallosphaera sedula and Sulfolobus metallicus

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Etzel, Katja ^a   Klingl, Andreas ^b   Huber, Harald ^b   Rachel, Reinhard ^b   Schmalz, Gottfried ^c   Thomm, Michael ^b   Depmeier, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Department of Conservative Dentistry and Periodontology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallographic orientation; Metallosphaera sedula; Pyrite alteration; Sulfolobus metallicus; Synthetic pyrite

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ETCHING; MECHANISMS; METAL IONS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINERALOGY; PYRITES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; PYRITE ALTERATION; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; SYNTHETIC PYRITE;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 53249093971     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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