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Characterization of Sulfide Mineral Surfaces

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The metal sulfides constitute the most important group of ore minerals since they are the source of the world’s supplies of nonferrous metals. Sulfide minerals are, in general, electronic conductors and can sustain coupled anodic and cathodic reactions at the interface with an electrolyte. The significance of conductivity in determining the properties of sulfides has been recognized for some considerable time. Fox, commenting in 1830 on the properties of metalliferous veins in mines in Cornwall, England, that contained iron, copper, and lead sulfides, stated(1) “many of the phenomena … bear striking analogies to common galvanic combinations and the discovery of electricity in veins seems to complete the resemblance.”

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Woods, R. (1992). Characterization of Sulfide Mineral Surfaces. In: Murphy, O.J., Srinivasan, S., Conway, B.E. (eds) Electrochemistry in Transition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9576-2_35

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