Electrochemical hysteresis and bistability in chalcopyrite passivation

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 140-147

  Viramontes Gamboa, Gonzalo ^a   Peña Gomar, Marycarmen M ^a   Dixon, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Electrochemistry; Passivation; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

APPLIED POTENTIALS; BI-STABILITY; CHALCOPYRITE; CHALCOPYRITE LEACHING; DEPASSIVATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPURITY CONTENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; PASSIVATION POTENTIALS; PASSIVE BEHAVIOR; PASSIVE TRANSITION; POTENTIAL RANGE; POTENTIOSTATICS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HYSTERESIS; LEACHING; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLTAMMETRY;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 78249267906     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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