10. Thanks

Bibliography

• (1) - POURBAIX (M.) -  Atlas d'équilibres électrochimiques.  -  Gauthier Villars, Paris (1963).
• (2) - BESSEMER (H.) -  In chapitre 2 Modern Electroplating.  -  Fifth Edition Edited by SCHLESINGER M. and PAUNOVIC M., John Wiley & Sons,...

Websites

Legifrance

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

Ademe

http://www.ademe.fr

Water Agency

http://www.eaurmc.fr  ;

Standards and norms

The AFNOR catalog can be consulted online: http://www.afnor.fr

• Standard Practice for Locating the Thinnest Spot in a Zinc (Galvanized) Coating on Iron or Steel Articles (http://www.astm.org/Standards/A239.htm). - ASTM A239 -

Regulations

Arrêté du 30 juin 2006 relatif aux installations de traitements de surfaces soumises à autorisation au titre de la rubrique 2565 de la nomenclature des installations classées – JORF n° 205 du 5 septembre 2006.

European RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) – Restriction of use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment –

Patents

Post-treatment of copper on printed circuit boards, EP1097618 B1 (March 2003).

Organic solderability preservative compositions, US 005 85 8074A (July 1997).

Directory

European Copper Institute :

http://copperalliance.fr

International Copper Association :

http://copperalliance.org/

International Copper Study Group (ICSG):

http://www.icsg.org/

Statistical and economic data

Copper has a long history of use, and today it plays a key role in industrial development. Copper deposits are found all over the world, but the largest reserves are in China and the USA. The annual production capacities of the main mines (as of July 2014) are shown in table