Biohydrometallurgy

Author: Yang Hongying
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Biohydrometallurgy is an emerging green metallurgical process in recent years. Biohydrometallurgy involves multiple disciplines such as metallurgy, microbiology, and mineralogy, belonging to an interdisciplinary field. The theory of biohydrometallurgical processes is essentially the interaction between bacteria and mineral interfaces. This book is based on biohydrometallurgical process mineralogy, highlighting the current widely applied biohydrometallurgy of gold, copper, and uranium ores, while also appropriately addressing research progress in biohydrometallurgy for other metals (e.g., silver, nickel, cobalt, aluminum). Additionally, the book briefly introduces other applications of microbial technology in metallurgy, such as microbial treatment of metallurgical industrial wastewater. The book is divided into 7 chapters, striving to organically integrate the relevant background knowledge of the three disciplines with biohydrometallurgy in terms of content and structure, making the content more systematic and easier to understand. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in metallurgical engineering and mineral processing engineering programs, as well as a teaching reference for related disciplines such as mining engineering and biochemical engineering. It can also be used as a reference for scientific research and production personnel engaged in the metallurgical field. Biohydrometallurgy is an emerging green metallurgical process in recent years. Biohydrometallurgy involves multiple disciplines such as metallurgy, microbiology, and mineralogy, belonging to an interdisciplinary field. The theory of biohydrometallurgical processes is essentially the interaction between bacteria and mineral interfaces. This book is based on biohydrometallurgical process mineralogy, highlighting the current widely applied biohydrometallurgy of gold, copper, and uranium ores, while also appropriately addressing research progress in biohydrometallurgy for other metals (e.g., silver, nickel, cobalt, aluminum). Additionally, the book briefly introduces other applications of microbial technology in metallurgy, such as microbial treatment of metallurgical industrial wastewater. The book is divided into 7 chapters, striving to organically integrate the relevant background knowledge of the three disciplines with biohydrometallurgy in terms of content and structure, making the content more systematic and easier to understand. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in metallurgical engineering and mineral processing engineering programs, as well as a teaching reference for related disciplines such as mining engineering and biochemical engineering. It can also be used as a reference for scientific research and production personnel engaged in the metallurgical field.