Surface analysis of sulfur speciation on pyrite bioleached by extreme thermophile Acidianus manzaensis using Raman and XANES spectroscopy

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Xia, Jin lan ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   He, Huan ^c   Zhao, Xiao juan ^a   Liang, Chang li ^a   Zheng, Lei ^b   Ma, Chen yan ^b   Zhao, Yi dong ^b   Nie, Zhen yuan ^a   Qiu, Guan zhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Acidianus manzaensis; Bioleaching; Pyrite; Raman spectroscopy; Sulfur speciation; XANES

Indexed keywords

ACIDIANUS MANZAENSIS; CHALCOPYRITE LEACHING; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; EXTREME THERMOPHILE; JAROSITES; MINERAL SURFACES; PASSIVATION EFFECT; PYRITE OXIDATION; SEM; SEM MICROGRAPHS; STEPWISE OXIDATION; SULFUR K-EDGE; SULFUR SPECIATION; XANES; XANES SPECTROSCOPY; XRD SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ORE TREATMENT; OXIDATION; PASSIVATION; PYRITES; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; SURFACE ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERALS;

EID: 71649086536     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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