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Kinetics of arsenic(III) oxidation by iron(III) catalysed by pyrite in the presence ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans

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A simple kinetic model of As(III) oxidation by Fe(III) in the presence of pyrite andThiobacillus ferroxidans is described based on the stoichiometry of the reaction and bioproduction of Fe(III). The environmental consequences of this reaction were considered.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37, Brno, Czech Republic

    Martin Mandl & Martin Vyškovský

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Mandl, M., Vyškovský, M. Kinetics of arsenic(III) oxidation by iron(III) catalysed by pyrite in the presence ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans . Biotechnol Lett 16, 1199–1204 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020851

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