Controlled electrochemical dissolution of hydrothermal and sedimentary pyrite

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 836-842

  Liu, Ran ^a   Wolfe, Amy L ^b   Dzombak, David A ^a   Horwitz, Colin P ^c   Stewart, Brian W ^b   Capo, Rosemary C ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; CURRENT DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DISSOLUTION RATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DISSOLUTIONS; MIXED POTENTIALS; OVERPOTENTIAL; PASTE ELECTRODES; POSITIVE POTENTIALS; PYRITE DISSOLUTIONS; RELATIVE REACTIVITIES; SOLID ELECTRODES; THROUGH CURRENTS;

BATCH REACTORS; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRODES; PYRITES;

DISSOLUTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; PYRITE;

EID: 64749083087     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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