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recovery of copper from radiators

01/07/2010 2:09 PM

What is the most efficient process to seperate copper from stainless steel in the radiator scraps?

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Re: recovery of copper from radiators

01/07/2010 2:09 PM

Heat

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Re: recovery of copper from radiators

01/08/2010 3:16 AM

Acids: dissolve the steel.

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Re: recovery of copper from radiators

01/08/2010 8:02 AM

What acid are you proposing to dissolve stainless steel, then how do you propose recovering it?

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Re: recovery of copper from radiators

01/10/2010 4:22 AM

The original poster wanted the copper, though!

Oh, pick an acid. Er, um, OK. Try sulphuric for starters...........

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