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Why is impure copper used as an anode in electrorefining

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Answered by lovingly

copper is a metal and electropositive in nature .therefore we set pure copper bar at cathode bcz positive ions attracted to negative rod .if we set pure copper at anode so there is no moving of electrons and electrorefining didn't placed.

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