Kinetics of direct leaching of natural alunite in KOH

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 14359-14365

  Mohammadi, Mirzaagha ^a   Salarirad, Mohammad Mahdi ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISSOLUTION; KINETICS; LEACHING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

DISSOLUTION KINETICS; KINETIC MODELING; ORDER OF REACTION; POTASSIUM SULFATE; POTENTIAL RESOURCES; RATE OF REACTION; SHRINKING CORE MODEL; SURFACE CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 84885572041     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie401549w     Document Type: Article

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