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METALL, vol.58, no.3, pp.115-120, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
An electrolysis cell with rotating cylinder cathode was used to recover copper from copper galvanotechnique industry rinse waters. The effects of cathodic current density, cathode rotating speed, electrolyte temperature and cathode-scraper distance on copper recovery were investigated. Optimum conditions for maximum copper recovery were found as 1000 A/m(2) cathodic current density, 250 min(-1) cathode rotating speed, 60 degreesC electrolyte temperature, and 1 mm cathode-scraper distance. Final copper concentration was 3 mg/L by the experiments run under these conditions, with 3.3 kWh/kg Cu specific energy consumption and 85% current efficiency.