The effect of sulfide concentrate mineralogy and texture on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) generation

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-213

  Jones, Gavin C ^a   Becker, Megan ^a   van Hille, Robert P ^a   Harrison, Susan T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; CHALCOPYRITE CONCENTRATE; COMBINED MEASURE; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; GALVANIC INTERACTION; LOADING BASIS; MINERAL CONCENTRATES; MINERAL LIBERATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; QEMSCAN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SECONDARY TRANSFORMATION; STRONG CORRELATION; SULFIDE CONCENTRATES; SURFACE AREA; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLEACHING; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

EID: 84873084328     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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