Environmental aspects of metals removal from waters and gold recovery

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2739-2748

  Salminen, Justin ^a   Blomberg, Peter ^a   Mäkinen, Jarno ^a   Räsänen, Lea ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Environment; Gold; Hydrometallurgy; Modelling; Recovery; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GOLD; HYDROMETALLURGY; IONIC LIQUIDS; MODELS; RECOVERY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TITRATION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS; DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; TASK-SPECIFIC IONIC LIQUIDS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84938675704     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14917     Document Type: Article

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