Acidic sulphate leaching of chalcopyrite concentrates in presence of pyrite

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 381-386

  Koleini, S M Javad ^a   Aghazadeh, Valeh ^a   Sandström, Åke ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Copper concentrate; Galvanic effect; Leaching; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER CONCENTRATE; COPPER CONCENTRATES; COPPER LEACHING; COPPER RECOVERY; COPPER SULPHIDES; EFFECT OF PARAMETERS; ELEMENTAL SULPHUR; FEED MATERIALS; GALVANIC CELLS; GALVANIC EFFECT; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; JAROSITES; LEACHING KINETICS; LEACHING OF CHALCOPYRITE; LEACHING RATES; MASS RATIO; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; PASSIVATION LAYER; REDOX POTENTIALS; SOLID CONTENTS; SOLIDS CONTENT; SULPHATES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; XRD; XRD PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER METALLURGY; COPPER SMELTING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SILVER HALIDES; SULFUR;

COPPER;

EID: 79952623723     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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