A bright future for copper electrowinning

JOM

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 34-36

  Moats, Michael ^a   Free, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; COPPER METALLURGY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; HYDROMETALLURGY; IRON; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; STAINLESS STEEL; TECHNOLOGY;

CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; COPPER ELECTROWINNING (EW); COPPER MINING; DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ANODE (DSA); ELECTRO WINNING; ELECTROLYTE CONTROL; HIGH PURITY COPPER; HIGH QUALITY (HQ); HIGH-PURITY; HYDROMETALLURGICAL EXTRACTION; MINE SITES;

COPPER;

EID: 47049085034     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-007-0128-y     Document Type: Review

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