Microtomography based identification of the mechanisms of gold adsorption onto activated carbon and modelling

Hydrometallurgy 2008: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 696-705

  Dai, X ^a   Breuer, P L ^a   Jeffrey, M I ^a  

^a Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANIDES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DISPERSIONS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KINETIC THEORY; LOADING; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALLURGY; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

A CARBONS; ADSORPTION MECHANISMS; ADSORPTION OF AU; CARBON ADSORPTIONS; CARBON STRUCTURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DIFFUSION MECHANISMS; DOMINANT MECHANISMS; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FILM DIFFUSIONS; GOLD CYANIDE COMPLEXES; GOLD LOADINGS; HIGH LOADINGS; KINETIC MODELS; MACRO PORES; MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES; PORE DIFFUSIONS; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTIONS; VARIABLE RATES;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CYANIDES; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; LOADING; RADIOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 56449094117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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