Thiocyanate hydrometallurgy for the recovery of goldPart III: Thiocyanate stability

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 113-114, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-24

  Li, Jinshan ^a   Safarzadeh, M Sadegh ^a   Moats, Michael S ^a   Miller, Jan D ^a   Levier, K Marc ^b   Dietrich, Meg ^b   Wan, Rong Yu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Newmont Mining Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Activation energy; Oxidation; Sulfide minerals; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; METAL IONS; METALS; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; RARE EARTHS; REDOX REACTIONS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CUPRIC IONS; FERRIC IONS; FERROUS ION; KINETIC DATA; RATE EQUATIONS; THIOCYANATE; THIOCYANATE CONCENTRATIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 84856522351     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.11.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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