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Leaching is the process of a solute becoming detached or extracted from its carrier substance by way of a solvent. [1] Leaching is a naturally occurring process which scientists have adapted for a variety of applications with a variety of methods.
A crepe being cooked. Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down of intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water.
Podsolisation is an extreme form of leaching which causes the eluviation of iron and aluminium sesquioxides. [1] The process generally occurs in areas where precipitation is greater than evapotranspiration. The minerals are removed by a process known as leaching.
Leaching is the loss or extraction of certain materials from a carrier into a liquid (usually, but not always a solvent), and may refer to: Leaching (agriculture) , the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the soil; or applying a small amount of excess irrigation to avoid soil salinity
In-situ leaching (ISL), also called in-situ recovery (ISR) or solution mining, is a mining process used to recover minerals such as copper and uranium through boreholes drilled into a deposit, in situ. In-situ leach works by artificially dissolving minerals occurring naturally in the solid state.
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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 .
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