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The extraction, refining and production of metal

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This chapter will describe those electrolytic processes which are used in the manufacture of metals from their ores (i.e. electrowinning) and for the purification of metals, (i.e. electrorefining) and the production of metals in powder form.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK

    Derek Pletcher

  2. Department of Chemistry, Portsmouth Polytechnic, UK

    Frank C. Walsh

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Pletcher, D., Walsh, F.C. (1993). The extraction, refining and production of metal. In: Industrial Electrochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2154-5_4

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