Metallurgical processes for scandium recovery from various resources: A review

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-108

  Wang, Weiwei ^a   Pranolo, Yoko ^a   Cheng, Chu Yong ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaching; Purification; Scandium; Separation; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; NICKEL LATERITE; ORE PRE-TREATMENT; PYRO-METALLURGICAL PROCESS; SELECTIVE LEACHING; WASTE LIQUORS;

CALCINATION; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; NIOBIUM; PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SCANDIUM; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 79955622273     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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