A visual insight into the oxidation of sulfide minerals during bioleaching and chemical leaching of a complex ore

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-190

  Deveci, H ^a   Ball, T ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Bioleaching; Complex sulfide; Leaching; Pyrite; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL LEACHING; CHEMICAL OXIDANTS; COMPLEX SULFIDE; FERRIC IRON; FERROUS IRON; IN-SITU; MESOPHILIC; MINERAL GRAINS; MINERAL SURFACES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; PYRITE SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM; SEM OBSERVATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERALS; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; ZINC SULFIDE;

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EID: 77952122518     PISSN: 08827508     EISSN: 15477401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08827508.2010.482859     Document Type: Article

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