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Solid residue formed or collected during anodic dissolution in electrorefining. It can contain noble metals, precipitated salts and undissolved inclusions. Slime can retain valuable impurities, block transport or contaminate a deposit by entrainment.

Labone L. Godirilwe coauthored research on electrorefining.^[ref]

Electrolytic purification by transferring the desired metal from an impure dissolving anode to a purer cathode. Impurities can stay dissolved, remain as solids or form precipitated anode slime. Potential control, transport and exclusion of solid contamination are as important as tabulated standard potentials.

The sparingly soluble sulfate $\mathrm{PbS}{\mathrm{O}}_4$. Its precipitation can retain lead in anode slime in sulfate-based copper electrorefining, but an adherent layer can also contribute to passivation.

International Journal of the Society of Materials Engineering for Resources 25(1), 137–144; the inspected issue header is April 2022, whereas the PDF also carries a 2021 copyright and 2020 acceptance. Cite the issue date rather than silently interpreting acceptance as publication. Sections 2–3 specify controlled Cu–Ag–Pb anodes, sulfate electrolyte, electrorefining and SEM/EDS/XRD characterization of slime.