Effect of thiosulfate, sulfide, copper(II), cobalt(II)/(III) and iron oxides on the ammoniacal carbonate leaching of nickel and ferronickel in the Caron process

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Senanayake, G ^a   Senaputra, A ^a   Nicol, M J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammoniacal carbonate leach; Caron process; Ferronickel; Nickel; Passivation; Sulfide; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIACAL CARBONATE LEACH; CARON PROCESS; FERRONICKEL; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ALLOYS; CALCINATION; CARBONATION; COBALT; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER OXIDES; DISSOLUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; IRON OXIDES; LEACHING; NICKEL; OXYGENATION; PASSIVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 78249253624     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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