Hello,
although, this is strictly non-scientific, I would
like to point you a website about the Duisburger
Kupferhütte, showing many photographs about the copper
refinery process there.
http://www.ads-news.de/industry/picture.htm
Follow especially "1950 - 1875"
Greetings
Harald
[log in to unmask] wrote:
> A description of the process used at Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK in the 19th
> century can be found on our website at
> http://www.derbyscc.org.uk/alderley/mining_f.htm. The acid was muriatic (hydrochloric) acid and scrap from the tin
> plate industry was used. The economic factors were ideal at the time with HCl
> coming from the Cheshire soda works as a by-product. The process is described
> in detail in the Mining Journal at the time (1860 p636, 686, 690). If anyone
> wants more detail, contact me off list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nigel Dibben
>
>
--
Dr.-Ing. Harald Finster / Aachen Germany
http://www.finster-stahlart.de industrial history and architecture
http://www.astrid-aix.de gallery: watercolours and oil paintings
|