Electrowinning of copper in a lab-scale squirrel-cage cell with anion membrane

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2273-2284

  Cifuentes, L ^a   Ortiz, R ^a   Casas, J M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copper; Electrodialysis; Electrowinning; Particulate bed; Squirrel cage cell

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTRODIALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS;

LECTROWINNING; PARTICULATE BED; SQUIRREL-CAGE CELL;

MEMBRANES;

DESIGN; MEMBRANE;

SCIURIDAE;

EID: 24944460185     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10476     Document Type: Article

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