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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 921873, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/921873
Research Article

Oxalic Acid Regeneration of Ceramic Filter Medium Used in the Dewatering of Iron Ore

Riina Salmimies,1 Juha Kallas,2 Bjarne Ekberg,3 and Antti Häkkinen1

1LUT Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Skinnarilankatu 34, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
2Laboratory of Inorganic Materials, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate Tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
3Outotec (Filters) Oy, Urusvuorenkatu 5, 20630 Turku, Finland

Received 17 September 2012; Accepted 23 October 2012

Academic Editors: J. Lobato and A. Szymczyk

Copyright © 2012 Riina Salmimies et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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