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Purity of copper produced by fluid bed electrolysis of a heap-leach solution

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Fluid bed electrolysis can recover good quality copper in one step from dilute streams resulting from the leaching of low-grade mine materials.

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  1. Clifford C. Simpson Jr.
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Cliff Simpson has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina and a M.S. and Ph.D. from Yale University where he did research on the electrolytic conductivity of aqueous solutions. Since joining the Du Pont Company in 1965 he has done research and development in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and in chemical mining and metal winning. He is presently a Market Analyst in the Marketing Division of Du Pont’s Polymer Intermediates Department with responsibilities for market research and sales development.

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Simpson, C.C. Purity of copper produced by fluid bed electrolysis of a heap-leach solution. JOM 29, 6–10 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03354323

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