Bacterial leaching of a spent Mo-Co-Ni refinery catalyst using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 26-31

  Gholami, Roya Mafi ^a   Borghei, Seyed Mehdi ^b   Mousavi, Seyyed Mohammad ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Bioleaching; Cobalt; Molybdenum; Nickel; Spent catalyst

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BATCH CULTURE; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; FERROOXIDANS; FERROUS SULFATE; METAL VALUES; OIL REFINERIES; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; RECYCLED PRODUCTS; REFINERY CATALYSTS; SPENT CATALYST; WASTE CATALYSTS;

ALUMINUM; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL RECOVERY; MOLYBDENUM; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REFINING; SULFUR;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 79551548949     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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