Nickel laterite part 1 - Microstructure and phase characterisations during reduction roasting and leaching

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 129-145

  Rhamdhani, M A ^a,b   Hayes, P C ^b   Jak, E ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caron process; Laterite leaching; Laterite reduction; Nickel laterite; Nickel processing

Indexed keywords

CARON PROCESS; CHARACTERISATION; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; ELECTRON PROBE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED; FREE SURFACES; LATERITE LEACHING; LATERITE ORES; LATERITE REDUCTION; MATRIX; NANO-SIZE METALLIC PARTICLES; NI RECOVERY; NICKEL LATERITE; PHASE CHANGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SYNCHROTRON X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CALCINATION; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LEACHING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OLIVINE; ORE REDUCTION; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

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EID: 68349138286     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328509X431391     Document Type: Article

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