Hydrogen reduction of copper bleed solution from an Indian copper smelter for producing high purity copper powders

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 218-224

  Agrawal, Archana ^a   Kumari, Sarita ^a   Bagchi, D ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Pandey, B D ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Copper bleed stream; Copper powder; Hydrogen reduction; Value added product

Indexed keywords

COPPER POWDER METALLURGY; COPPER SMELTING; HYDROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION;

COPPER BLEED STREAMS; COPPER PLANTS; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; VALUE ADDED PRODUCT;

COPPER POWDER;

EID: 33749245325     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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