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COVELLITE (CUS) PRODUCTION FROM A REAL ACID MINE DRAINAGE TREATED WITH BIOGENIC H2S
Silva, P.M.P., A.R. Lucheta, J.A.P. Bitencourt, A.L. Vilaca do Carmo, I.P.N. Cuevas, et al.
Metals 9:206(2019)

This study looked at biological treatment of acid mine drainage for valuable dissolved metals recovery as a new source of raw materials. Covellite (CuS) crystal synthesis was optimized by exposing real acid mine drainage collected from a Brazilian copper mine to H2S produced by a sulfidogenic bioreactor for 48 and 96 h. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/9/2/206/pdf-vor



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