Acid Mine Drainage - A Problem with Options
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 4
- File Size:
- 540 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1991
Abstract
Most ores and coals contain sulphide minerals such as pyrite, FeS2, the sulphur portion of which is a ready substrate for a
variety of sulphur oxidizing bacteria. Although there are several bacteria capable of oxidizing sulphide minerals, the most often discussed culprit is Thiobacillus ferrooxidans.. Oxygen from the air slowly oxidizes pyrite into sulphuric acid, but T- ferrooxidans can increase this reaction rate several 100,000 times.
Citation
APA: (1991) Acid Mine Drainage - A Problem with Options
MLA: Acid Mine Drainage - A Problem with Options . Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1991.