Elemental sustainability: Towards the total recovery of scarce metals

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-78

  Dodson, J R ^a   Hunt, A J ^a   Parker, H L ^a   Yang, Y ^b   Clark, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Biosorption; Green chemistry; Metal recovery; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

GREEN CHEMISTRY; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL RECOVERY;

BIOLEACHING; BIOSORPTION; BLENDING; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84855791131     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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