Comparative study of dewatering characteristics of metal precipitates generated during treatment synthetic polymetallic and AMD solutions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Djedidi, Zied ^a   Médard, Bouda ^a   Cheikh, Ridha Ben ^b   Mercier, Guy ^a   Tyagi, Rajeshwar Dayal ^a   Blais, Jean François ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Dewatering; Hydroxide; Metal; Phosphate; Precipitation; Sludge; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHLORIDE MATRIX; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRYSTALLINE FORM; DEWATERING PROPERTIES; HYDROXIDE; MATRIX; METAL HYDROXIDE; METAL PHOSPHATES; METAL PRECIPITATES; POLYMETALLIC; PRECIPITATING AGENTS; PRECIPITATION; SEMICRYSTALLINE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO FILTRATION; SULPHATE; SULPHIDE; TREATMENT METHODS;

CARBONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEWATERING; METALS; MINING; POROUS MATERIALS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 67649265145     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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