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JEE Main levelSingle correct optionDifficulty 2 of 3mt132

During the electrolytic refining of copper using acidified electrolyte with an impure copper anode, the metals that collect as anode mud are

  1. Airon and zinc
  2. Bsilver and gold
  3. Czinc and silver
  4. Diron and gold

Answer: B

Ag and Au are less reactive than copper and are not oxidised at the working potential; they fall from the anode as mud. Fe and Zn are more easily oxidised than Cu, go into solution as ions and are not deposited at the cathode.
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