摘要 |
A metal recovery unit e.g. for recovery of silver from photographic solutions comprises a container having a base and walls, and an electrolyte inlet (10) at an upstream end and an electrolyte outlet at a downstream end, said inlet (10) and outlet being set above the base of the container, said container being partitioned by at least one baffle (7a, 7b) defining an upstream chamber (1) and a downstream chamber (2) within the container, said baffle (7a, 7b) having fluid communication means (4) therein to allow fluid communication of an electrolyte between the upstream and downstream chambers (1, 2), said fluid communication means (4) being located at a position below the level of the electrolyte outlet, each chamber having therein at least one anode and one cathode. <IMAGE> |