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Sulfuric Acid Handbook An information source for industrial consumers handlers transporters and other users as well as on the sulfuric acid manufacturing process transportation options storage practices safe handling and emergency virtually irreplaceable constituent of countless industrial processes sulfuric acid is produced The ore is treated with dilute sulphuric ac This trickles slowly through the ore dissolving copper to form copper sulphate The copper is recovered by electrolytic refining Advantages of this process are much less energy is use than in traditional mining no waste gases are given off
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