A powder diffraction study of problems in platinum group metal extraction.

The base metal and platinum group metal extractive processes for two South African refineries were examined using x-ray powder diffraction. Base metal refinery matte contained nickel sulphide (Ni3S2), copper sulphide (Cu2S), nickel-copper alloy (Ni-Cu), iron oxide (Fe3O4) - nickel iron oxide (NiFe2O...

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Main Author: Smith, Ian William Sands.
Other Authors: Laing, Michael.
Language:en_ZA
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8671