The oxidation and dissolution of arsenic-bearing sulfides

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 593-613

  Lengke, Maggy F ^a   Sanpawanitchakit, Charoen ^b   Tempel, Regina N ^c  

^a Geomega   (United States)

^b EnviroGroup Limited   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bacteria; Dissolution; Oxidation; Sulfide; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC MEDIUMS; ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ARSENIC OXIDE; AS SPECIES; BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; BIOTIC CONDITIONS; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; FORMATION-OF-COPPER OXIDES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH PH; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL SURFACES; MINING ENVIRONMENTS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OXIDATION RATES; OXYHYDROXIDES; SALT SOLUTION; SCORODITE; SULFIDE; SURFACE MINING; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; CAPILLARITY; COMPETITION; COPPER OXIDES; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; OXIDATION; PASSIVATION; PH; SILICATE MINERALS; SORPTION; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE REACTIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MINERALS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PH; SULFIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 69949125154     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.3.593     Document Type: Article

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