An XPS investigation of surface species formed by electrochemically induced surface oxidation of enargite in the oxidative potential range

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-74

  Plackowski, Chris ^a   Hampton, Marc A ^a   Bruckard, Warren J ^b   Nguyen, Anh V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Copper; Electrochemistry; Oxidation; sulfide; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID-NITROGEN COOLING; OXIDATION REACTIONS; OXIDATIVE POTENTIAL; POTENTIOSTATIC CONTROL; STANDARD HYDROGEN ELECTRODES; SULFIDE; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ARSENIC; COPPER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MINERALS; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; SULFUR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84886391940     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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