Investigation of the sulfur speciation during chalcopyrite leaching by moderate thermophile Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 52-57

  Xia, Jin lan ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   He, Huan ^a,c   Liang, Chang li ^a   Zhao, Xiao juan ^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

Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans; Sulfur speciation; XANES

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE LEACHING; JAROSITES; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING PROCESS; MAIN COMPONENT; MINERAL SURFACES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; PASSIVATION LAYER; REDOX POTENTIALS; SEM; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SULFUR K-EDGE; SULFUR SPECIATION; XANES; XRD ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; PASSIVATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SULFUR;

EID: 75149194009     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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