Effect of inoculum size on the rates of whole ore colonisation of mesophilic, moderate thermophilic and thermophilic acidophiles

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-251

  Tupikina, Olga V ^a   Minnaar, Susanna H ^a   Rautenbach, George F ^b   Dew, David W ^c   Harrison, Susan T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BHP Billiton   (Chile)

^c Consultant Bioleaching Technology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Chalcopyrite; Heap inoculation; Mesophilic; Microbial colonisation; Moderate thermophilic and thermophilic chemolithotrophic micro organisms

Indexed keywords

CHALCOPYRITE; COLONISATION; HEAP INOCULATION; INOCULUM SIZE; MESOPHILIC; THERMOPHILIC ACIDOPHILES;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 84908229851     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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