Bioleaching of chalcopyrite by moderately thermophilic microorganisms

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-208

  Qin, Wenqing ^a   Yang, Congren ^a   Lai, Shaoshi ^b   Wang, Jun ^a   Liu, Kai ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhongye Changtian International Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Cyclic voltammetry; Moderately thermophilic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; MICROORGANISMS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

CHALCOPYRITE; DISSOLVED IRON; HIGH POTENTIAL; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING OF CHALCOPYRITE; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; OPTIMUM PH;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

CHALCOPYRITE; PYRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED LOAD; ELECTRODE; IRON; OXIDATION; PYRITE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; FERROPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 84870935998     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.050     Document Type: Article

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