The preferential oxidation of orthorhombic sulfur during batch culture

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Blight, K R ^a   Candy, R M ^a   Ralph, D E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio oxidation; Oxidising bacteria; Raman spectroscopy; Substrate utilisation; Sulfur; Sulfur allotrope

Indexed keywords

BATCH CULTURE; BIO-OXIDATION; ENERGY SOURCE; MINERAL SULFIDES; MIXED SOLIDS; OXIDISING BACTERIA; PREFERENTIAL OXIDATION; RATE LIMITING;

BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH CELL CULTURE; LEACHING; MINERALS; MINING; OXIDATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

SULFUR;

EID: 68949221513     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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