A SEM study on the oxidation patterns of sphalerite, pyrite and galena during chemical and bacterial leaching of a sulphide ore

IMPC 2006 - Proceedings of 23rd International Mineral Processing Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1494-1499

  Deveci, H ^a   Alp, I ^a   Uslu, T ^a   Yazici, E Y ^a   Ball, T ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LEACHING; BIO-OXIDATION; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; MINERAL GRAINS; OXIDATION CHARACTERISTICS; PYRITE SURFACES; SOLUBLE IRONS; SULPHIDE ORES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; MINERALS; OXIDATION; PYRITES; ZINC SULFIDE;

IRON;

EID: 84886904195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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