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A Treatise on Metallurgy, including vol. i. On Fuel, Copper, Zinc, and Brass; vol. ii. On Iron and Steel, 1864, 2nd edition 1875; vol. iii. On Lead, 1870; and vol. iv. On Silver and Gold, 1880. His 1851 survey resulted were embodied in the volume on Iron and Steel. This treatise was the first work of its kind written in modern times.
Metallurgy: A process involving the separating and refining of metals from other substances; [4] Bioleaching: Using biological agents (bacteria) to extract metals or soils; [ 5 ] general term used to encompass all forms biotechnological forms of extraction ( hydrometallurgy , biohydrometallurgy, biomining , etc)
Argonoxygen decarburization (AOD) is a process primarily used in stainless steel making and other high grade alloys with oxidizable elements such as chromium and aluminium. After initial melting the metal is then transferred to an AOD vessel where it will be subjected to three steps of refining; decarburization , reduction , and desulfurization .
Parkes process; Patio process; Pattinson's process; Pedersen process; Pelletizing; Pidgeon process; Plasma electrolytic oxidation; Plasma transferred wire arc thermal spraying; Poling (metallurgy) Potassium ethyl xanthate; Pregnant leach solution; Pressure oxidation; Puddling (metallurgy) Pyrometallurgy; Pyrometer
Leaching is a process widely used in extractive metallurgy where ore is treated with chemicals to convert the valuable metals within the ore, into soluble salts while the impurity remains insoluble. These can then be washed out and processed to give the pure metal; the materials left over are commonly known as tailings .
Metallurgy derives from the Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός, metallourgós, "worker in metal", from μέταλλον, métallon, "mine, metal" + ἔργον, érgon, "work" The word was originally an alchemist's term for the extraction of metals from minerals, the ending -urgy signifying a process, especially manufacturing: it was discussed in this sense in the 1797 Encyclopædia ...
The delay is thought to be due to the book's many woodcuts. The work is a systematic, illustrated treatise on mining and extractive metallurgy. It shows processes to extract ores from the ground, and metals from ore. Until that time, Pliny the Elder's work Historia Naturalis was the main source of information on metals and mining techniques.
The process differs essentially from the Bessemer process in the refractory lining of the converter. The latter, being made of dolomite ((Ca,Mg)(CO 3) 2) fired with tar, is basic (MgO giving O 2− anions), whereas the Bessemer lining, made of packed sand, is acidic (SiO 2 accepting O 2− anions) according to the Lux-Flood theory of molten oxides.