A comparison of the kinetics and mechanism of acid leaching of sphalerite containing low and high concentrations of iron

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 239-249

  Weisener, Christopher G ^a   Smart, Roger St C ^a   Gerson, Andrea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid leaching; Fe containing sphalerite; Kinetics; Mechanisms; Sphalerite; ToF SIMS; XPS

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; HEAVY METALS; IRON; LEACHING; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACID LEACHING; FE CONTAINING SPHALERITE; SPHALERITE;

MINERALS;

EID: 6344247721     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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