Copper removal from cyanide solutions by acidification

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 324-329

  Alonso Gonzalez O ^a   Nava Alonso, F ^a   Uribe Salas, A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copper precipitation; Copper cyanide complexes; Cyanidation; Cyanide acidification; Hydrogen cyanide evolution

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CASE HARDENING; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; FLOTATION; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; MINERALS; OPERATING COSTS; ORES; PLATINUM METALS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRECIOUS METALS; PROCESS CONTROL; RECYCLING; SILVER; SULFURIC ACID; TITRATION;

COPPER PRECIPITATION; COPPER-CYANIDE COMPLEXES; CYANIDATION; CYANIDE ACIDIFICATION; HYDROGEN CYANIDE EVOLUTION;

CYANIDES;

EID: 60349128676     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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