Characterization of secondary arsenic-bearing precipitates formed in the bioleaching of enargite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 424-431

  Sasaki, K ^a   Takatsugi, K ^a   Kaneko, K ^a   Kozai, N ^b   Ohnuki, T ^b   Tuovinen, O H ^c,d   Hirajima, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Copper leaching; Enargite bioleaching; Ferric arsenate; Jarosites

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; COPPER LEACHING; ENARGITE; FERRIC ARSENATE; JAROSITES;

ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 77957782112     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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