Copper can be extracted from its ore by heating it with carbon. Impure copper is purified by electrolysis in which the anode is impure copper, the cathode is pure copper and the electrolyte is copper sulfate solution. It provides links to a video and a test.

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electrolysis

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bbc, bbc: gcse bitesize: electrolysis, copper(ii) sulfate solution, gcse bitesize, electrolysis of copper(ii) sulfate, practical activity for electrolysis, sodium chloride solution

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