Particle Size Distribution of Copper Mine Tailings from Lohan Ranau Sabah and its Relationship with Heavy Metal Content

• Main Authors: Jopony, Marcus, Usup, Gires, Mohamed, Murtedza
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 1987
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2512/1/Particle_Size_Distribution_of_Copper_Mine_Tailings_from.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2512/

Particle size analyses were carried out on copper mine tailings from Lohan, Ranau Sabah. About 99.64% of the tailing particles were < 1000 /lm in size while 52.23%,15.72% and 4.87% were < 125 j.l.m, < 62.5 pm and < 38 j.l.m/respectively. The amount of heavy metal extracted by 0.5 HCI...