Mineral Processing and the Environment
Published on 22. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 403 pages
978-90-481-5034-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Audience: Scientists, engineers and technologists conducting both applied and basic research into the different environmental aspects of mineral processing.
Audience: Scientists, engineers and technologists conducting both applied and basic research into the different environmental aspects of mineral processing.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
X, 403 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
628 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-5034-2 (9789048150342)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-2284-1
Schweitzer Classification
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G.P. Gallios | Kostas A. Matis
Mineral Processing and the Environment
E-Book
04/2013
Springer
€213.99
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G.P. Gallios | Kostas A. Matis
Mineral Processing and the Environment
Book
06/1998
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Content
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.