The oxidation of thiosulfates with copper sulfate. Application to an industrial fixing bath

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Gonzalez Lara J M ^a   Roca, A ^b   Cruells, M ^b   Patino F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Modellization; Thiosulfate oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR;

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGIES; COPPER SULFATES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; KINETIC STUDIES; MODELLIZATION; PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRIES; REACTION ORDERS; THIOSULFATE OXIDATION; TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES;

COPPER;

EID: 56949085863     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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