hydrometallurgy
noun
Examples of hydrometallurgy in a Sentence
Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
In traditional hydrometallurgy, a battery’s metals are reduced to a black powder and dissolved in an inorganic acid.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Dec. 2023
To extract those needles, recyclers rely on two techniques, known as pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.
—Ian Morse, Science | AAAS, 20 May 2021
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circa 1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Hydrometallurgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrometallurgy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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