Utilization of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for monitoring bornite (Cu5FeS4) oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 254-262

  Bevilaqua, Denise ^a   Acciari, Heloisa A ^a   Arena, Fabiana A ^a   Benedetti, Assis V ^a   Fugivara, Cecílio S ^a   Filho, Germano Tremiliosi ^b   Júnior, Oswaldo Garcia ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Bornite (Cu5FeS4); Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; METAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTODEGRADATION; REDUCTION; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

ACID SOLUTIONS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ATOMIC FORCES; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; BORNITE (CU5FES4); CELL CONFIGURATIONS; CHEMICAL DISSOLUTIONS; COPPER SULPHIDES; CORROSION PROCESSES; COVELLITE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS); ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; EQUIVALENT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS; IN CONTROLS; MINERAL SURFACES; OXYGEN REDUCTIONS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58349114017     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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