Modification of the ferric chloride assay for the spectrophotometric determination of ferric and total iron in acidic solutions containing high concentrations of copper

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-48

  Govender, E ^a   Harrison, S T L ^a   Bryan, C G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,10 Phenanthroline; Bioleaching; Copper; Ferric chloride; Ferric iron; Total iron

Indexed keywords

1 ,10-PHENANTHROLINE; ABSORBANCE BANDS; ABSORBANCES; ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION; COPPER CONCENTRATION; COPPER RECOVERY; DETECTION WAVELENGTHS; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC IRON; FERROUS IRON; HEAP BIOLEACHING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IRON COMPLEX; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW RESOLUTION; POTASSIUM PERSULFATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION; TOTAL IRONS;

BIOLEACHING; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IRON; POTASSIUM;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863900714     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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