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Authors’ Note: To study ways of improving the recovery of metals from aqueous solutions, as discussed in this article, an electrometallurgy chair is being created at the University of British Columbia. The chair is funded by industry and the Canadian government.
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González-Domínguez, J.A., Dreisinger, D.B. Identifying research opportunities in zinc electrowinning. JOM 49, 38–39 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914873
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