Rare Earth and Phosphorus Leaching from a Flotation Tailings of Florida Phosphate Rock
Phosphorite, or phosphate rock, is the raw material of phosphoric acid production. It has also been regarded as the most important secondary rare earth element (REE) resource due to low contents of rare earth elements contained in the ore. In Florida, there is about 19 Mt of phosphate rock mined ann...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-09-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/9/416 |