The dissolution of scorodite in gypsum-saturated waters: Evidence of Ca-Fe-AsO4 mineral formation and its impact on arsenic retention

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Bluteau, Marie Claude ^a   Becze, Levente ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dissolution; Gypsum; Porewaters; Scorodite; Solubility; Stability; Tailings; Yukonite

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; ARSENATE COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; ARSENIC RELEASE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MINERAL FORMATIONS; PH VALUES; POREWATERS; SATURATED SYSTEMS; SATURATED WATERS; SCORODITE; SOLID-PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; YUKONITE;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINING; NONMETALS; SOLUBILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 67349179477     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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