Kinetics of saprolitic laterite leaching by sulphuric acid at atmospheric pressure

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-462

  Luo, Wei ^a   Feng, Qiming ^a   Ou, Leming ^a   Zhang, Guofan ^a   Chen, Yun ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Leaching; Ore mineralogy; Oxide ores; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID TO SOLID RATIO; LIZARDITE; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; OCTAHEDRAL LAYERS; ORE MINERALOGY; OXIDE ORE; OXIDE ORES; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SILICATE STRUCTURES; STIRRED REACTORS; SULPHURIC ACIDS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM ORE TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SOILS; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 77950090622     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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