Production of copper by gaseous reduction

摘要

An improvement in the process of producing substantially oxide free copper from copper salts by reacting an acidic aqueous solution which contains the copper salts with a reducing gas at elevated temperature and pressure to precipitate metallic copper. The improvement for producing copper in free-flowing powder form comprises providing in the aqueous solution a finite amount of an addition agent selected from the group consisting of polymeric polyamine compounds having amino groups linked by alkyl groups having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.