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The final step of the purification of copper involves electrorefining in which copper is separated from nickel and iron by being reduced at the cathode of a cell. Why are nickel and iron not reduced?



▸ Their reduction potentials are more positive than copper's.

▸ Their reduction potentials are more negative than copper's.

▸ They cannot be deposited on a copper electrode.

▸ Their reduction potentials are more negative than water's.

▸ Their reduction requires large overvoltages.
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