Electrochemical study of orpiment (As2S3) dissolution in a NaOH solution

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 296-303

  Darban, Ahmad Khodadadi ^a   Aazami, Mokhtar ^a,b   Meléndez, Angel M ^b   Abdollahy, Mahmood ^a   Gonzalez, Ignacio ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenites; Caustic solution; Electrochemistry; Mechanism; Orpiment; Thioarsenates

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; MECHANISMS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENITES; CAUSTIC SOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; ORPIMENT; PARAFFIN-IMPREGNATED GRAPHITE ELECTRODE; THIOARSENATES;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

EID: 78650684672     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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