Gallios / Matis Mineral Processing and the Environment

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-94-017-2284-1
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 43, 403 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2

Mineral processing technologies have been used for decades to protect the environment and many examples of such applications are given here. The book covers four major subject areas: fundamentals; environmental pollution and its prevention; separation processes; and innovative techniques.
Scientists, engineers and technologists conducting both applied and basic research into the different environmental aspects of mineral processing.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gallios, G.P.

Matis, Kostas A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fundamentals.- Hydrophobic Agglomeration of Fine Particles.- Electrokinetic Behaviour of Sulphide Minerals: A Contribution to the Chemistry of Flotation.- Bacterial Leaching of Minerals.- Legal Framework for Environmental Protection in Mineral Processing Activities.- Environmental pollution and prevention.- Air-Pollutant Emissions and Imissions from Metallurgical Industry.- Electrochemical Approach to Pollutants Removal and Destruction.- Electrohydrometallurgical Recovery of Cadmium and Nickel from Spent Batteries.- The Treatment of Radioactive Liquid Wastes and the Problems Connected with the Long Term Storage of Radioelements.- Removal and Recovery of Metals from Dilute Solutions: Applications of Flotation Techniques.- Separation processes.- Desulphurization of Coal to Protect the Environment.- Extraction of Priority Pollutants Using Inorganic Ion Exchangers.- Arsenic Removal from Effluents of Copper Plants.- Hydrometallurgy of Precious Metals: Effects on the Environment.- New Developments in the Processing of Chromite Tailings.- Innovative techniques.- Recycling of Plastics: Application of Flotation.- Mineral Processing Technology Applied to the Remediation of Contaminated Soils.- Electroflotation in Waste Water Treatment: Results and Perspectives.- The Biosorption Process: An Innovation in Reclamation of Toxic Metals.- List of Contributors.- List of Participants.