The self-heating of sulfides: Galvanic effects

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-63

  Payant, R ^a   Rosenblum, F ^a   Nesset, J E ^a   Finch, J A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental; Galvanic interaction; Self heating; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL; GALVANIC EFFECT; GALVANIC INTERACTION; MINERAL SURFACES; NICKEL CONCENTRATE; REDUCTION REACTION; SELF-HEAT; SELF-HEATING; SELF-HEATING TEST; SULFIDE ORES; TWO-MATERIALS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; HEATING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON ORES; MIXTURES; SILICATE MINERALS; TESTING; ZINC SULFIDE;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84856243850     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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