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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2002
Toshiko Yokota, Saitama, JP;
Susumu Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Dobashi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Saitama, JP;
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The method for electrolytically refining copper makes use of crude copper as an anode and is characterized in that the temperature of the electrolyte in an electrolytic cell is maintained at a level of not less than 55° C.; that the electrolyte is continuously introduced into the electrolytic cell from the top of the cell, continuously discharged from the bottom of the cell along with slime, the slime is removed from the electrolyte discharged from the electrolytic cell and the electrolyte free of any slime is recirculated in the cell; and that the electrolyte is passed through the space between the electrodes at an average electrolyte velocity sufficient for allowing the electrolyte to flow on the whole surface of the cathode downward or in the direction opposite to that of the upward stream of the electrolyte generated on the cathode surface when the electrolysis is initiated while the electrolyte is in the stationary state.