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Hydrometallurgy vs Pyrometallurgy - What's the difference?

hydrometallurgy | pyrometallurgy |

As nouns the difference between hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy

is that hydrometallurgy is the field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials while pyrometallurgy is any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.

hydrometallurgy

English

(wikipedia hydrometallurgy)

Noun

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  • The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.

    • Related terms

    * hydrometallurgical * hydrometallurgically

    pyrometallurgy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pyrometallurgy) (pyrometallurgies)
  • any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores