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Bacterial Leaching of Metal Sulfides Proceeds by Two Indirect Mechanisms via Thiosulfate or via Polysulfides and Sulfur

The acid-insoluble metal sulfides FeS(2), MoS(2), and WS(2) are chemically attacked by iron(III) hexahydrate ions, generating thiosulfate, which is oxidized to sulfuric acid. Other metal sulfides are attacked by iron(III) ions and by protons, resulting in the formation of elemental sulfur via interm...

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Main Authors: Schippers, Axel, Sand, Wolfgang
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC91023/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9872800
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