Maree, JPDingemans, DVan Tonder, GJMtimkulu, S2007-03-282007-06-072007-03-282007-06-071998Maree, JP, et al. 1998. Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water. Water Science and Technology, vol. 38, 05 April, pp 331-3370273-1223http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132Iron (II) should be oxidised to iron (III) before the neutralisation of acid water with limestone, otherwise the oxidation will occur downstream of the neutralisation plant with the formation of acid (reactions 1 and 2). This study aimed at investigating the effect of surface area of the medium that supports bacterial growth on the rate of biological iron (II) oxidation. The study showed that the biological iron (II) oxidation rate is directly proportional to the square root of the medium specific surface area.238297 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 1998 Pergamon-Elsevier Science LtdAcid mine waterIron (II) oxidationLimestone neutralisationBiological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid waterArticleMaree, J., Dingemans, D., Van Tonder, G., & Mtimkulu, S. (1998). Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132Maree, JP, D Dingemans, GJ Van Tonder, and S Mtimkulu "Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water." (1998) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132Maree J, Dingemans D, Van Tonder G, Mtimkulu S. Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water. 1998; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132.TY - Article AU - Maree, JP AU - Dingemans, D AU - Van Tonder, GJ AU - Mtimkulu, S AB - Iron (II) should be oxidised to iron (III) before the neutralisation of acid water with limestone, otherwise the oxidation will occur downstream of the neutralisation plant with the formation of acid (reactions 1 and 2). This study aimed at investigating the effect of surface area of the medium that supports bacterial growth on the rate of biological iron (II) oxidation. The study showed that the biological iron (II) oxidation rate is directly proportional to the square root of the medium specific surface area. DA - 1998 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Acid mine water KW - Iron (II) oxidation KW - Limestone neutralisation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1998 SM - 0273-1223 T1 - Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water TI - Biological iron(II) oxidation as pre-treatment to limestone neutralisation of acid water UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2132 ER -