Solvent extraction in the hydrometallurgical processing and purification of metals: Process design and selected applications

Solvent Extraction and Liquid Membranes: Fundamentals and Applications in New Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 141-200

  Sole, Kathryn C ^a  

^a Anglo Operations Limited   (South Africa)

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