Comparative leaching of a sulfidic gold ore in ionic liquid and aqueous acid with thiourea and halides using Fe(III) or HSO5- oxidant

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 276-280

  Whitehead, J A ^a   Zhang, J ^a   McCluskey, A ^a   Lawrance, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

1 butyl 3 methylimidazolium cation; Gold leaching; Halide; Ionic liquid; Peroxomonosulfate ion; Silver leaching; Thiourea

Indexed keywords

1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CATION; GOLD LEACHING; HALIDE; PEROXOMONOSULFATE ION; SILVER LEACHING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GOLD; HYDROGEN; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; ORES; OXIDANTS; POSITIVE IONS; THIOUREAS; UREA;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 67649124212     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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