The chemistry of gold extraction / John O. Marsden and C. Iain House

Author:: Marsden, John, 1960-
Published:: Littleton, Colo. : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, [2006]
Copyright Date:: ©2006
Edition:: 2nd ed.
Physical Description:: xix, 651 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: House, Iain, 1959-

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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Precyanidation: Pre-1888 -- Cyanidation: 1889-1971 -- Era of major technological development: 1972-2000 -- Into the 21st century -- ORE DEPOSITS AND PROCESS MINERALOGY: Gold minerals -- Classification of gold-bearing materials -- Placers -- Free-milling ores -- Oxidized ores -- Silver-rich ores -- Iron sulfides -- Arsenic sulfides -- Copper sulfides -- Antimony sulfides -- Tellurides -- Carbonaceous ores -- Gravity concentrates -- Flotation concentrates -- Tailings -- Refinery materials -- Recycled gold -- Determinative methods -- PROCESS SELECTION: Factors affecting process selection -- Unit process options -- Flowsheet options -- Cost considerations -- PRINCIPLES OF GOLD HYDROMETALLURGY: Reaction chemistry of Gold -- Chemical equilibria -- Reaction kinetics -- Experimental methods -- OXIDATIVE PRETREATMENT: Hydrometallurgical sulfide oxidation -- Oxygen: low-pressure oxidation -- Oxygen: high-pressure acidic oxidation -- Oxygen: high-pressure nonacidic oxidation -- Nitric acid oxidation -- Chlorine oxidation -- Biological oxidation -- Pyrometallurgical oxidation -- LEACHING: Cyanidation -- Chlorination -- Thiosulfate -- Thiourea -- Thiocyanate -- Ammonia -- Other lixiviants -- SOLUTION PURIFICATION AND CONCENTRATION: Carbon adsorption -- Ion exchange resins -- Solvent extraction -- RECOVERY: Zinc precipitation -- Aluminum precipitation -- Electrowinning -- Recovery from noncyanide solutions -- SURFACE CHEMICAL METHODS: Principles of surface chemistry -- Flotation -- Amalgamation -- Coal-gold agglomeration -- REFINING: Pyrometallurgy of gold -- Acid leaching -- Pyrometallurgical methods for crude bullion production -- Bullion refining -- EFFLUENT TREATMENT: Types of waste and effluent control parameters -- Reagent and metals recovery -- Detoxification -- INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS: Distribution of process technology -- Industrial process flowsheets.

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0873352408

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-628) and index.

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