Bioleaching of chalcopyrite by pure and mixed culture

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1491-1496

  ZHANG, Yan sheng ^a   QIN, Wen qing ^a   WANG, Jun ^a   ZHEN, Shi jie ^a   YANG, Cong ren ^a   ZHANG, Jian wen ^a   NAI, Shao shi ^a   QIU, Guan zhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; bioleaching; chalcopyrite; mixed culture

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER MINES; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; SULFUR;

ACID-MINE DRAINAGE (AMD); ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; CHALCOPYRITE; CHALCOPYRITE LEACHING; COPPER EXTRACTION; DISSOLUTION RATE (DR); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MINERAL SURFACES; MIXED CULTURE; P H VALUES; PASSIVATION LAYERS; SHAKE FLASKS;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 58649096396     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60031-5     Document Type: Article

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