Mercury stabilization using thiosulfate or selenosulfate
Mercury is often found associated with gold and silver minerals in ore bodies. It is recovered as liquid elemental mercury in several stages including carbon adsorption, carbon elution, electrowinning and retorting. Thus a great amount of mercury is produced as a by-product in gold mines. The Mercur...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44276 |