Inventors:
Thomas Stephen Snyder - Oakridge TN
John Gregorie Wagner - Harriman TN
Assignee:
The Scientific Ecology Group, Inc. - Oak Ridge TN
International Classification:
C25D 2118, C25D 1720
Abstract:
An inexpensive electrowinning electrode has a cathode that is a porous form made from conductive filaments, and an anode. The electrowinning process dissolves a contaminated metal stream into an electrolyte to form a solution flow of dissolve metal and contaminants. Next, the solution is oxidized. Then, the dissolved metals in the solution are plated onto the porous cathode.