Two-Step Oxidation of Refractory Gold Concentrates with Different Microbial Communities |
Wang, Guo-hua
(School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University)
Xie, Jian-ping (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) Li, Shou-peng (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) Guo, Yu-jie (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) Pan, Ying (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) Wu, Haiyan (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) Liu, Xin-xing (School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University) |
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