The dissolution of chalcopyrite in chloride solutions: Part 3. Mechanisms

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Nicol, Michael ^a   Miki, Hajime ^a   Velásquez Yévenes, Lilian ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Chloride leaching rate; Copper heap leaching; Covellite; H2S; Mechanism; Non oxidative dissolution; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

COPPER HEAP LEACHING; COVELLITE; H2S; LEACHING RATES; NON-OXIDATIVE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHLORIDE MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER SMELTING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LEACHING; METAL IONS; SULFUR;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 77955227981     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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