A review of the beneficiation of calcareous phosphate ores using organic acid leaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 96-107

  Gharabaghi, Mahdi ^a,b   Irannajad, Mehdi ^a   Noaparast, Mohammad ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcareous phosphate ore; Calcination; Carbonate gangue minerals; Dissolution kinetics; Flotation; Organic acids; Phosphate mineral; Selective leaching

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ORE; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; GANGUE MINERALS; SELECTIVE LEACHING;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; BENEFICIATION; CALCINATION; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; MINERALS; ORES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PHOSPHATE ORE TREATMENT; SILICATE MINERALS;

LEACHING;

EID: 77955229369     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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