Precipitation of valuable metals from bioleaching solution by biogenic sulfides

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Cao, Junya ^a   Zhang, Guangji ^a   Mao, Zaisha ^a   Fang, Zhaoheng ^a   Yang, Chao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Biogenic sulfides; Bioleaching solutions; Precipitation; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METALS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

BIOGENIC SULFIDES; BIOLEACHING SOLUTIONS; CONTINUOUS CULTURES; FLOW SHEETS; METAL PRECIPITATIONS; OPTIMUM PROCESSES; PRECIPITATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 58349115824     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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