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Recovering Cu from Cyanide Complex

Dear Sir, I am a student pursuing my BTech from IIT Bombay, India and working on a project to recover Cu from a Cyanide complex and destroy the cyanide along with. Can I get some ways destroying Cyanide from a KCu(CN)2 complex via electrolysis.It will be nice of you to send me the Cell parameters that can be used.

Somesh Maheshwari
- India
2003

YOU ELECTROLYSE THE SOLUTION BY ADDING 5-7% NaCl SOLUTION , AND GRAPHITE AS ANODE AND STAINLESS STEEL AS CATHODE, AND CHILL THE BATH, INSITU CHLORINE GENERATED KILLS THE CYANIDE WITH SIMULTANEOUS RECOVERY OF COPPER ON SS CATHODE WHICH YOU CAN PEEL OFF AND SELL.

Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India
2003

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