Principles, mechanisms and dynamics of chalcocite heap bioleaching

Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 193-218

  Petersen, Jochen ^a   Dixon, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84892263173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5589-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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