Dissolution Kinetics of Sulfate from Schwertmannite Under Variable pH Conditions

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Paikaray, Susanta ^a   Peiffer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidity generation; Dissolution kinetics; FTIR; Pyrite oxidation; Schwertmannite, schwertmannite transformation, sulfate pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649856861     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0118-0     Document Type: Article

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