ChemConnections

Copper: what is its source, and what does it cost? Does it matter how we produce it? What are the environmental consequences?

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In this module students explore the science behind these questions and develop informed answers. Case teaching, collaborative laboratory work, and classroom group problems are used to teach redox reactions, acid/base reactions, solubility, and electrochemical equilibria. Teams of students perform their own analysis and hydro-metallurgical processing of an ore sample.