Extraction of niobium and tantalum from ferrocolumbite by hydrofluoric acid pressure leaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-20

  Rodriguez, Mario H ^a   Rosales, Gustavo D ^a   Pinna, Eliana G ^a   Suarez, Daniela S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ferrocolumbite; Niobium; Pressure leaching; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; LIQUIDS; NIOBIUM; ORE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; TANTALUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; FERROCOLUMBITE; PRESSURE ACID LEACHING; PRESSURE LEACHING; PRESSURE REACTORS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SOLID-TO-LIQUID RATIO; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

LEACHING;

EID: 84929989611     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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