Assessment of biotechnological strategies for the valorization of metal bearing wastes

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 949-956

  Beolchini, Francesca ^a   Fonti, Viviana ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Rocchetti, Laura ^a   Vegliò, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Catalyst; Fe S oxidizing bacteria; Fluorescent powders; Metal; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CONTAMINATED MARINE SEDIMENTS; DISSOLVED METALS; END OF LIVES; FERROUS IRON; FLUORESCENT POWDER; GLASS RECYCLING; INDUSTRIAL CATALYST; MARINE SEDIMENTS; METAL BEARINGS; METAL EXTRACTIONS; METAL PARTITIONING; METAL SOLUBILIZATION; METAL SPECIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; REFINERY CATALYSTS; SOLID CONCENTRATIONS; SOLID MATRIXES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CATALYSTS; CATHODE RAY TUBES; CHROMIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METALS; METAL REFINERIES; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; SEDIMENTS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VANADIUM; ZINC;

POWDER METALS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; METAL; NICKEL; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE SEDIMENT; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOBILIZATION; PARTITIONING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLEACHING; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; METAL METABOLISM; METAL RECOVERY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; VANADIUM;

EID: 84858795606     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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