Comparison of dissolution under oxic acid drainage conditions for eight sedimentary and hydrothermal pyrite samples

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Liu, Ran ^a,c   Wolfe, Amy L ^b   Dzombak, David A ^a   Stewart, Brian W ^b   Capo, Rosemary C ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ARRO Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxidative dissolution; Pyrite; Sedimentary; Semiconducting properties; Trace metal contents

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BATCH REACTORS; COAL; METAL RECOVERY; OPTICAL GLASS; PYRITES; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SMELTING; SOLUTIONS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ACID DRAINAGES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DISPROPORTIONATION; DISSOLUTION BEHAVIORS; DISSOLUTION RATES; DISSOLUTION SYSTEMS; ELEMENTAL SULFURS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; GREAT-ER; MINING AREAS; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTIONS; PH CONDITIONS; PYRITE DISSOLUTIONS; PYRITE MORPHOLOGIES; SEDIMENTARY; SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC SURFACES; SURFACE AREAS; TRACE METAL CONTENTS; TRACE METALS;

DISSOLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; OXIC CONDITIONS; PH; PYRITE; REACTION RATE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; SURFACE AREA; TRACE METAL;

EID: 54049094461     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1149-0     Document Type: Article

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