Morphology of chalcopyrite leaching in acidic ferric sulfate media

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Nazari, G ^a   Asselin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Computer simulation; Ferric sulfate; Galvanic interaction; Leaching; Morphology; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PYRITES; RECOVERY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ANODIC BEHAVIORS; CHALCOPYRITE; CHALCOPYRITE LEACHING; COPPER EXTRACTIONS; FERRIC SULFATE; GALVANIC INTERACTION; MINERAL STRUCTURES; NON-POROUS FILMS; PECULIAR MORPHOLOGIES; PERCOLATION THEORIES; PRODUCT LAYERS; PYRITE; SURFACE ATOMS; SURFACE MOBILITIES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 59649128880     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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