An electrochemical study of the effect of sulphur species on thiosulphate leaching of gold

IMPC 2006 - Proceedings of 23rd International Mineral Processing Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1573-1577

  Feng, D ^a   Deventer, J S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; OXIDATIVE DECOMPOSITION; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; THIOSULPHATE LEACHING; THIOSULPHATE SOLUTIONS;

DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING;

GOLD;

EID: 84886898162     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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