Leaching of a limonitic laterite in ammoniacal solutions with metallic iron

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-267

  Zuniga, M ^a   Parada L , F ^b   Asselin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal leach; Cobalt extraction; Limonitic laterite; Nickel extraction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; AMMONIACAL LEACH; AMMONIACAL SOLUTION; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; AUTOCATALYTIC; BATCH CELLS; COBALT EXTRACTION; COBALT LOSS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EXTRACTION KINETICS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; KINETIC BEHAVIOR; LIMONITIC LATERITE; MAXIMUM VALUES; METALLIC IRON; NICKEL EXTRACTION; REDUCTANTS; SEM; SOLID RESIDUES;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; NICKEL; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78049449430     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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