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The book covers the chemistry and chemical engineering of recovering metals from ores using aqueous processes from the point of view of both unit operation and of whole processes

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foundations 1. Introduction 2. Chemistry 3. Thermodynamics 4. Kinetics 5. Reaction engineering Part 2 Unit Operations 6. Leaching 7. Precipitation 8. Solvent Extraction 9. Carbon Adsorption 10. Electrowinning and Electrorefining 11. Crystallisation 12. Heap leaching 13. Bacterial Leaching Part 3 Process Design 14. Principles of circuit design 15. Mass and energy balances 16. Effect of kinetics and thermodynamics on circuit performance Part 4 Environmental 17. Water management 18. Energy management

About the Author

Editorial board of the journal "Hydrometallurgy" and been an assistant editor.I lectured hydrometallurgy for ten years while at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.I have numerous publications in the fields that make up hydrometallurgy - leaching, electrometallurgy, electrochemistry, bacterial leaching.I have worked in the field for nearly thirty years. I have run a professional consultancy working in the field of hydrometallurgy for the last ten years.