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Separation of Germanium and Cadmium From Zinc Concentrates by Fuming

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Vapor pressure determinations were made on synthesized germanium sulfides. Germanium and cadmium were removed from sphalerite concentrates by fuming. The fume was retreated to separate some of the cadmium from the germanium and, at the same time, upgrade the germanium to more than 5 pet content.

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  1. U. S. Bureau of Mines, Rolla, Missouri, USA

    H. Kenworthy (Metallurgist), A. G. Storliper (Extractive Metallurgist) & A. Oliar (Chemist)

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  2. A. G. Storliper
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TP 4028D. Manuscript, Sept. 28, 1954. Chicago Meeting, February 1955

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Kenworthy, H., Storliper, A.G. & Oliar, A. Separation of Germanium and Cadmium From Zinc Concentrates by Fuming. JOM 8, 683–685 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03377753

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