Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued from the Wild |
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| Authors: | Michael Brett‐Crowther |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics College, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang , China axore@163.com;3. Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics College, Henan University of Science and Technology , Luoyang , China |
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| Abstract: | The presence of heavy metals in mine tailings poses potential threats to environment and human health. The paper reports an investigation of the effects of initial pH on bioleaching of heavy metals (Cu, Zn and Pb) from mine tailings by indigenous sulphur-oxidising bacteria. |
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| Keywords: | Bioleaching Mine tailings Heavy metal Initial pH |
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