J. Brent Hiskey

Ph.D. University of Utah, 1973
Associate Dean and Research Professor
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Arizona
Civil Engineering, Room 100
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone (520) 621-6594
e-mail jbh@engr.arizona.edu

Associate Dean for Research and Adminstration for The College of Mines and Engineering :

Responsible for coordinating and implementing research strategies in The College of Mines and Engineering. I also monitor the college's operations and advise COEM departments on compliance issues within University policies.

Current Research

• Electrochemistry of Conducting and Semiconducting Minerals
• Extractive Metallurgy of Gold and Silver
• Morphological Studies of Copper Deposition

Principal Publications:

• "Fundamental Studies of Copper Anode Passivation During Electrorefining, Part III: Thiourea Concentration and Degradation," J.B. Hiskey and X. Cheng, Metallurgical Transactions B, vol. 29B, 1998, 53-58.
• "Observations of Gold Iodide Adsorption of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite," D.W. Collins and J.B. Hiskey, Proceeding Symposium on Adsorption, Ion Exchange, and Solvent Extraction, EPD Congress 1998, ed. B. Mishra, TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1998, 985-998.
• "Thermal Analysis of Activated Carbon Loaded with Different Gold Halides," J.B. Hiskey and P. Qi, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing Journal, vol. 14, 1997, pp. 13-17.
• "Chalcopyrite Enrichment Processes," J.B. Hiskey, Tokyo Symposium on Robust Compound Treatment, Metal Mining Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, January 16, 1997.
• "Fundamental Studies of Copper Anode Passivation During Electrorefining, Part I: Development of Techniques", X. Cheng and J.B. Hiskey, Metallurgical Transactions B, vol 27B, 1996, pp. 1-7.
• "Fundamental Studies of Copper Anode Passivation During Electrorefining, Part II: Surface Morphology", X. Cheng and J.B. Hiskey, Metallurgical Transactions B, vol. 27B, 1996, pp. 610-616.
• "In Situ Analysis of Alklphosphate Surfactant Adsorption at the Alumina/Aqueous Solution Interface," J.S. Jeon, R.P. Sperline, S. Raghavan, and J.B. Hiskey, Colloids & Surfaces, A: Physiochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol. 111, 1996, pp. 29-38.
• "Metallurgy, Survey", Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., vol. 16. p. 1-8.
• "Mechanistic Studies on Electrochemical Passivation of Commercial Copper Anodes", J.B. Hiskey, X. Cheng, and M.M. Moats, Fourth International Symposium on Electrochemistry in Mineral and Metal Processing, 189th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, May 5-10, 1996.
• "Solvent Extraction of Copper by Cyanex 272, Cyanex 302 and Cyanex 301," K.C. Sole and J.B. Hiskey, Hydrometallurgy, 37(2), 1995, p. 129-147.
• "Properties of Copper Deposition From Buffered Oxide Etchants on Integrated Circuit Wafers," K. Yoneshige, H.G. Parks, J.B. Hiskey, J. Electrochem. Soc., 142(2), 1995, pp. 671-6.
• "Alkaline Pressure Oxidation of a Gold-Bearing Arsenopyrite Concentrates", J.B. Hiskey and V.M. Sanchez, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, Vol. 15, 1995, pp. 61-74.
• "Characterization of Copper Anode Surfaces During Different Stages of Polarization," J.B. Hiskey, X. Cheng, T.F. Krusmark, Proceedings of the International Conference Copper '95 - Cobre '95, Santiago, Chile, November 26-29, 1995.