Silver sulfide leaching with a copper-thiosulfate solution in the absence of ammonia

Rare Metals

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-109

  Cui, Yiqia ^a   Tong, Xionga ^a   Lopez Valdivieso, Alejandro ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copper sulfate; Extraction; Leaching; Silver; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; COPPER THIOSULFATES; DISSOLVED GAS; PH VALUE; PULP PH; SILVER EXTRACTION; SILVER SULFIDES; THIOSULFATE;

AMMONIA; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

COPPER;

EID: 79958822568     PISSN: 10010521     EISSN: 18677185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12598-011-0206-8     Document Type: Article

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