High temperature reduction of copper salts
US4192676A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1978 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC22B15/0047
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Copper is recovered from copper salts selected from the group consisting of copper chlorides, copper oxides and copper oxychlorides by reducing the finely divided solid copper salts with hydrogen under turbulent conditions at a temperature greater than the melting point of elemental copper.
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