Short Note: A new still for the prevention of mercury poisoning in small-scale gold mining by amalgam extraction
A system for the recovery of mercury in small-scale gold mining in Colombia has been designed and tested. Distillation of up to 300 g of gold amalgam takes ten to 20 minutes, and more than 90% of the mercury formerly lost in the atmosphere is recovered for recycling. The equipment pays for itself an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Geofísica Internacional |
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| Online Access: | http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2003/04/pinzon.pdf |