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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | An intermediate product in [ | + | An intermediate product in [[copper]] smelting. Blister copper is formed when [[copper sulfide]] ore has been incompletely reduced to metallic copper. It is approximately 96-99% pure copper and is riddled with bubbles due to escaped [[sulfur dioxide]] gas during solidification. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 8 January 2014
Description
An intermediate product in Copper smelting. Blister copper is formed when Copper sulfide ore has been incompletely reduced to metallic copper. It is approximately 96-99% pure copper and is riddled with bubbles due to escaped Sulfur dioxide gas during solidification.
Synonyms and Related Terms
blinding; cobre "blister" (Port.)
Authority
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Henry Hodges, Artifacts: An Introduction to Early Materials and Technology, Ronald P. Frye, Kingston, Canada, 1988
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998