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Refining Copper from the Sudbury Nickel Ores
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1958Item number (ISN):60485Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:INCO LIMITEDAccession:1986-0384Media:FilmOriginal title:Refining Copper from the Sudbury Nickel OresPart:1 of 1Production date:1958Release date:1958Production company:American version
Associated Film Graphics of Canada Limited
Film Graphics Inc.Production credit:director, Bernard Rubin; script, Joseph Boldt Jr.; photography, David Quaid; editing, Cal Schultz; animation, David Salter; Tony Silano; technical director, Frederic BenardCountry of production:usSponsor:The International Nickel Company, Inc.Distributor name:The International Nickel Company of Canada, LimitedDescription:This film explains, step-by-step, the electrolytic refining of copper at Inco's Ontario Refining Company refinery at Copper Cliff, Ontario. Footage shows blister (99% pure) copper from the smelter being charged into an oil-fired reverberator anode furnace; the slag skimmed; the copper tapped, cast in anode form, cooled and placed in electrolytic tanks with pure copper cathodes; and the copper remelted in a direct arc furnace and recast in usable forms. The film also includes sequences on the formation and historical use of copper, on copper products and alloys, on the recovery of milled sulphate and precious metals, and a laboratory demonstration of electrolysis. <39mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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