Passivation of chalcopyrite during its chemical leaching with ferric ion at 68 °C

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-235

  Cordoba E M ^a   Munoz J A ^b   Blazquez M L ^b   Gonzalez F ^b   Ballester, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Mineral processing; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PULP; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; IONS; LEACHING; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORES; OXYGEN; PH EFFECTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL LEACHING; COPPER DISSOLUTIONS; FERRIC IONS; FERRIC SULPHATE; FERROUS IONS; JAROSITES; LEACHING TESTS; MINERAL PROCESSING; PULP DENSITIES; SOLID COMPOUNDS; SULPHATE SOLUTIONS; SULPHIDE ORES;

PASSIVATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PULPS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVING; IONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; METALLURGY; ORE; OXYGEN; PASSIVITY; PH; SILICA; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 58349095143     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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