Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 425
are now extensively usedfor reducing certain metals from their ores. A soluble, or fusiblesalt is formed by the action of chemical reagents, and the metalis deposited from it by electrolysis. For example, aluminium isreduced in large quantities from a fused mixture of electrolytes.Sodium is… … Fig. 498.—Electric connection in anexperiment to illustrate the polari-zation of electrodes. The unrefined copper is made the anode in a bath of copper sulphate,and the pure copper is deposited at the cathode, while the impuritiesfall to the bottom of the bath. Currents of electricity are also…
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