Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ717285
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec-1
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Copper Metal from Malachite Circa 4000 B.C.E.
Yee, Gordon T.; Eddleton, Jeannine E.; Johnson, Cris E.
Journal of Chemical Education, v81 n12 p1777 Dec 2004
The feasibility of the laboratory production of copper metal from a readily available, naturally occurring mineral malachite utilizing techniques that are consistent with the time period of around 4000 B.C.E. is presented. The starting materials are inexpensive and convenient and the procedure involves no hazardous reagents and produces no hazardous wastes, thus representing a safe and compelling introduction to metallurgy in the laboratory.
Descriptors: Metallurgy, Feasibility Studies, Science History, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Safety, Chemistry
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Language: English
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