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Pyrometallurgy vs Electrometallurgy - What's the difference?

pyrometallurgy | electrometallurgy |

As nouns the difference between pyrometallurgy and electrometallurgy

is that pyrometallurgy is any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores while electrometallurgy is the deposit of a metal coating on a prepared surface by electrochemical means, as in electroplating and electrotyping.

pyrometallurgy

English

Noun

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

    • electrometallurgy

    English

    Noun

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  • The deposit of a metal coating on a prepared surface by electrochemical means, as in electroplating and electrotyping.

    • Related terms

    * electrometallurgical

    Synonyms

    * galvanoplasty (Webster 1913)