Effect of bacterial activity on trace metals release from oxidation of sphalerite at low pH (<3) and implications for AMD environment

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 485-493

  Balci, Nurgul Celik ^a,b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; AMD; Biological; Sphalerite; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CONCENTRATION OF; OXYHYDROXIDES; PH-DEPENDENT; REHABILITATION STRATEGY; RELEASE BEHAVIORS; TRACE METAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CADMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SULFUR; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

EXPERIMENTS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SPHALERITE; SULFATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954158524     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0189-z     Document Type: Article

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