Thiosulphate leaching of gold in the presence of orthophosphate and polyphosphate

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Feng, D ^a   Van Deventer, J S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper(II) phosphate; Gold leaching; Rheology; Sulphide gold ore; Thiosulphate

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION SPHERE; COPPER (II); COPPER IONS; COPPER(II) PHOSPHATE; GOLD AND SILVER; GOLD DISSOLUTION; GOLD LEACHING; GOLD ORES; HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE; ORTHOPHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; POLYPHOSPHATES; SILVER LEACHING; SLURRY RHEOLOGY; SLURRY SYSTEM; SODIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE; STABILISATION; SULPHIDE GOLD ORE; SULPHIDE MINERALS; SULPHIDE ORES; THIOSULPHATE LEACHING; THIOSULPHATES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELASTICITY; GOLD; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORES; RHEOLOGY; SLURRIES; SPHERES; VISCOSITY;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 79551550375     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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