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The effect of chloride ion in the electrowinning of copper

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The effect of chloride ion on the morphology of electrodeposited copper under different current densities is reported. Chloride ion additions to 10 ppm depolarized the cathode reaction resulting in preferred (022) oriented deposits. At higher chloride ion concentration (111) oriented deposits are preferred. The importance of these results in electrowinning copper from electrolytes obtained from a solvent extraction separation process is indicated.

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  1. V. I. Lakshmanan

    Present address: Extraction Metallurgy Department, Noranda Research Centre, 240 Hymus Blvd., H9R 1G5, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada

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  1. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Mineral Sciences Laboratories, Canmet, Ottawa, Canada

    V. I. Lakshmanan, D. J. Mackinnon & J. M. Brannen

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Lakshmanan, V.I., Mackinnon, D.J. & Brannen, J.M. The effect of chloride ion in the electrowinning of copper. J Appl Electrochem 7, 81–90 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00615534

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