Leaching of limonitic laterite ore by acidic thiosulfate solution

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 859-863

  Li, Guanghui ^a   Rao, Mingjun ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Huang, Qingqing ^a   Peng, Zhiwei ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Laterite; Leaching; Nickel; Sodium thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; AVRAMI EQUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HIGH-CONTENT; LATERITE; LEACHING KINETICS; NOVEL PROCESS; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE SOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COBALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NICKEL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOILS;

EID: 79957945830     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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