Oxidation of cyanide in effluents by Caro's Acid

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-87

  Teixeira, Luiz Alberto Cesar ^a,b   Andia, Javier Paul Montalvo ^a   Yokoyama, Lídia ^c   Da Fonseca Araújo, Fabiana Valéria ^c   Sarmiento, Cristian Marquez ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Peroxidos do Brasil Ltda Solvay Group   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Quimtia Peru ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caro's Acid; Cyanide oxidation; Effluent treatment; Peroxymonosulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTIONS; CYANIDE OXIDATION; EMPIRICAL KINETIC MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; PROCESS VARIABLES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHETIC SOLUTIONS;

DETOXIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; KINETICS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS;

CYANIDES;

EID: 84874916580     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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