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What is blister copper? Why is it so called?

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During the extraction of 'Cu' from copper pyrites when the matte is charged into a Bessemer converter then cuprous oxide combine with cuprous sulphide and forms Cu metal.
`2Cu_(2)O+Cu_(2)Srarr6Cu+SO_(2)`
The 'Cu' metal is cooled .
The obtained copper metal is impure and is Known as "Blister copper"(98%pure) .
The solid fied cooper has blistered appearnce due to evolution of `SO_(2)`Hence it is called blister copper.
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