Geometric and Physico-chemical Properties Determining Sulfide Oxidation Rates in Waste Rock Dumps
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 11
- File Size:
- 463 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2000
Abstract
The 2-D code FIDHELM has been used to simulate conditions in piles of pyritic material with vertical dimensions of 20 to 70 m and a horizontal dimension of 500m. Those properties of the pile and its external environment (wind, temperature) important in determining the time and space dependence of sulfide oxidation, have been identified. A prescription to evaluate the overall sulfide oxidation rate in a pile of known volume but variable geometry has been developed.
Citation
APA: (2000) Geometric and Physico-chemical Properties Determining Sulfide Oxidation Rates in Waste Rock Dumps
MLA: Geometric and Physico-chemical Properties Determining Sulfide Oxidation Rates in Waste Rock Dumps. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2000.