R. Ruffler et J. Davalos, PHASE ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL COPPER SMELTING SLAGS - PART I- SILICATE SLAGS, Hyperfine interactions, 111(1-4), 1998, pp. 299-307
The pyrometallurgical extraction of copper from sulfide ore concentrat
es is determined by the behaviour of the associated iron during smelti
ng. Hence, Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy is an attractive tool for stud
ying the phases in silicate slags from German and Chilean smelting pla
nts. Other methods used were ore microscopy, electron microprobe analy
sis, and X-ray powder diffraction.