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Extractive metallurgy is a branch of metallurgical engineering wherein process and methods of extraction of metals from their natural mineral deposits are studied. The field is a materials science, covering all aspects of the types of ore, washing, concentration, separation, chemical processes and extraction of pure metal and their alloying to suit various applications, sometimes for direct ...
[1] [2] [3] Metals like zinc, copper, lead, aluminium as well as rare and noble metals are of particular interest in this field, [1] while the more common metal, iron, is considered a major impurity. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Like ferrous extraction, non-ferrous extraction primarily focuses on the economic optimization of extraction processes in separating ...
Electrowinning, the extraction of metal from ores [2] Electrorefining, the purification of metals. [2] Metal powder production by electrodeposition is included in this category, or sometimes electrowinning, or a separate category depending on application. [2] Electroplating, the deposition of a layer of one metal on another [2]
Pyrometallurgy is a branch of extractive metallurgy.It consists of the thermal treatment of minerals and metallurgical ores and concentrates to bring about physical and chemical transformations in the materials to enable recovery of valuable metals. [1]
Iron dissolves and copper metal is deposited. Solvent Extraction; Ion exchange; Gas reduction. Treating a solution of nickel and ammonia with hydrogen affords nickel metal as its powder. Electrowinning is a particularly selective if expensive electrolysis process applied to the isolation of precious metals. Gold can be electroplated from its ...
The Mond process, sometimes known as the carbonyl process, is a technique created by Ludwig Mond in 1890, [1] to extract and purify nickel. The process was used commercially before the end of the 19th century, [ 2 ] and particularly by the International Nickel Company in the Sudbury Basin . [ 3 ]
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 .
As such, it involves reactivity of metals and it is especially concerned with the reduction and oxidation, and the chemical performance of metals. Subjects of study in chemical metallurgy include the extraction of metals, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and chemical degradation . [1]