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This chapter will describe those electrolytic processes that are used in the manufacture of metals from their ores, i.e. electrowinning, and for the purification of metals, i.e. electrorefining.
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Pletcher, D. (1984). Metal Extraction and Refining. In: Industrial Electrochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1872-1_4
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