Effect of pre-roasting on leaching of laterite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 84-88

  Li, Jinhui ^a,b   Li, Xinhai ^a   Hu, Qiyang ^a   Wang, Zhixing ^a   Zhou, Youyuan ^a   Zheng, Junchao ^a   Liu, Wanrong ^a   Li, Lingjun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gamierite laterite; Hydrochloride acid; Leaching; Phase transformation; Pre roasting

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROXYLATIONS; GAMIERITE LATERITE; HYDROCHLORIDE ACID; LIZARDITE; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; NICKEL RECOVERY; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; PRE-ROASTING; ROASTING EXPERIMENTS; ROASTING TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AREA; TWO PHASE; X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; XRD; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

ACIDS; CALCINATION; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MINERALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; RARE EARTHS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

ORE ROASTING;

EID: 68949219416     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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