Inhibition of lead solubilization during the leaching of gold and silver in ammoniacal thiosulfate solutions (effect of phosphate addition)

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Alonso Gomez A R ^a   Lapidus, G T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EDTA; Lead co extraction; Silver leaching; Thermodynamic speciation; Thiosulfate leaching solution

Indexed keywords

EDTA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GOLD AND SILVER; LARGE CONSUMERS; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LEACHING SOLUTION; LEAD CONTENT; SILVER LEACHING; SULFIDE CONCENTRATES; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC SPECIATION; THIOSULFATE LEACHING; THIOSULFATE LEACHING SOLUTION; THIOSULFATE SOLUTION;

GOLD; LEAD; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER; SMELTING; SULFIDE MINERALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LEACHING;

EID: 69249220068     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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