Solubility prediction of malachite in aqueous ammoniacal ammonium chloride solutions at 25 °C

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 99, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 231-237

  Wang, Xi ^a   Chen, Qiyuan ^a   Hu, Huiping ^a   Yin, Zhoulan ^a   Xiao, Zhongliang ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium chloride; Copper solubility; Malachite; Thermodynamic modeling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AQUEOUS AMMONIA; AQUEOUS AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION OF; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOCHEMICAL MODELING; MIXED SOLUTION; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOLUBILITY PREDICTION; SYNTHETIC MALACHITE; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

AMMONIA; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DISSOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 71749091398     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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