The generation of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) from mechanically activated sulphide concentrates and its effect on thermophilic bioleaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1198-1208

  Jones, Gavin C ^a   Corin, Kirsten C ^a   Van Hille, Robert P ^a   Harrison, Susan T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Fine milling; Mechanochemistry; Reactive oxygen species; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; FERROUS IRON OXIDATION; FINE MILLING; HYDROXYL RADICALS; IRON OXIDATION; LABORATORY MILL; LEACH RATE; LINE BROADENING; LINE PROFILE ANALYSIS; LOWER DENSITY; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; MECHANO-CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; PARTICLE SURFACE; PLANETARY MILLS; PULP DENSITY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SAMPLE SURFACE; SOLUBILISATION; STRUCTURAL DEFECT; SULPHIDE ORES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; VIABLE CELLS; VIBRATORY MILL; XRD;

CELL CULTURE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEFECTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 79961030066     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.05.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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