A study on the toxic effects of chloride on the biooxidation efficiency of pyrite

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1273-1281

  Gahan, Chandra Sekhar ^a   Sundkvist, Jan Eric ^a,b   Sandström, Åke ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Boliden Mineral AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biooxidation; Microorganism; Neutralization; Pyrite; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOOXIDATION; FREE WATER; IRON OXIDATION; JAROSITES; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MICROBIAL SPECIES; NEUTRALIZATION; PYRITE OXIDATION; PYRITE RECOVERY; SHORT PERIODS; TOLERANCE LEVELS; TOXIC EFFECT;

BIOLEACHING; CALCIUM; EXPERIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; RECOVERY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY;

PYRITES;

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CHLORIDE; JAROSITE; MINERAL; PYRITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

JAROSITE; MICROORGANISM; NEUTRALIZATION; OXIDATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRITE; TOXICITY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; ACIDOPHILE; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASH; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; INOCULATION; LEPTOSPIRILLIUM FERRIPHILUM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; SULPHOBACILLUS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CHLORIDES; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFIDES;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

EID: 71749112371     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.133     Document Type: Article

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