Effect of copper, acid, and temperature on the diffusion coefficient of cupric ions in simulated electrorefining electrolytes

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 255-268

  Moats, Michael S ^a   Hiskey, J Brent ^a   Collins, Dale W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPPER METALLURGY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROLYTES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL REFINING;

COPPER ELECTROREFINING;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0033689773     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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