Selective sulphide precipitation of heavy metals from acidic polymetallic aqueous solution by thioacetamide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 954-963

  Gharabaghi, Mahdi ^b   Irannajad, Mehdi ^a   Azadmehr, Amir Reza ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT TIME; COPPER PRECIPITATION; HIGH PURITY; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; POLYMETALLIC; SELECTIVE PRECIPITATION; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION; THIOACETAMIDE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84860140655     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201832x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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