Oxidative dissolution of 4C- and NC-pyrrhotite: Intrinsic reactivity differences, pH dependence, and the effect of anisotropy

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-44

  Harries, Dennis ^a,b   Pollok, Kilian ^b   Langenhorst, Falko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; OXIDATION; PH; PYRRHOTITE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84870278108     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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