Bioleaching of metals from electronic scrap and its potential for commercial exploitation

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 131-132, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-143

  Ilyas, Sadia ^a,b   Lee, Jae Chun ^a   Chi, Ru An ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Column bioleaching; Electronic scrap; Moderate thermophiles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PYRITES;

COLUMN BIOLEACHING; COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION; ELECTRONIC SCRAPS; LEACHING PROCESS; MODERATE THERMOPHILES; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 84870717499     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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