Application of Electrochemical Methods in Mineral Processing

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 288

Special Issue Editor

Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
Interests: electrochemistry; mineral processing; metal recovery; remediation technologies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Electrochemical methods refer to a wide range of applications in which an electric current is used in the determination of analytes (various voltammetric methods, photoelectrochemical analysis, electrochemical impedance spectrometry); deposition of metals and other types of coatings onto various types of substrates (electrolysis); in situ production of coagulants for the purposes of metal reduction from solution or the decomposition of contaminants presented in waste, surface or underground waters (electrocoagulation); electrocatalysis; the production of nanoparticles (electrodeposition); and in many other uses. Electrochemical methods are also used in the field of mineral processing—whether in the extraction of metals from minerals by combining several electrochemical and non-electrochemical methods. There are many uses for waste, as a source of secondary raw materials; this includes waste originating from metallurgical operations in which minerals are primarily processed; and waste that comes from the electro-equipment, which at the end of its life cycle becomes a source of various materials, especially of metals. Therefore, the application of different electrochemical methods in the field of metallurgical or electronic waste processing could be the part of this special issue.

We invite researchers working in relevant areas of the field to submit their studies focused on application of different electrochemical methods in mineral processing, mining or waste water treatment as well as secondary raw materials processing. We hope, keywords typical for this special issue mentioned below will be helpful.

Dr. Ľubomír Pikna
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • electrodeposition
  • electrochemical methods
  • electrocoagulation
  • electrolysis
  • electroanalytical methods in minerals characterization
  • electrosynthesis
  • metals extraction
  • waste processing and metals recovery

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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