Estudo da oxidação dos sulfetos sintéticos molibdenita (MoS2) e covelita (CuS) por Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans via respirometria celular Oxidation study of the synthetic sulfides molybdenite (MoS2) and covellite (CuS) by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans using respirometric experiments

SYNTHETIC SULFIDES MOLYBDENITE (MoS 2 ) AND COVELLITE (CuS) BY Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans USING RESPIROMETRIC EXPERIMENTS. This paper analyses the oxidation of covellite and molybdenite byAcidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain LR using respirometric experiments.The results showed that both sulfides were oxidized by A. ferrooxidans, however, the covellite oxidation was much higher than molybdenite.Regarding the kinetic oxidation, the findings revealed that just molybdenite oxidation followed the classical Michaelis-Menten kinetic.It is probably associated with the pathway which these sulfides react to chemistry-bacterial attack, what is influenced by its electronic structures.Besides, experiments conducted in the presence of Fe 3+ did not indicate alterations in molybdenite oxidation.Thus, ferric ions seem not to be essential to the sulfide oxidations.

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