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electrowinning

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e⋅lec⋅tro⋅win⋅ning

[i-lek-troh-win-ing]

Origin:
1935–40; electro- + winning

e⋅lec⋅tro⋅ex⋅trac⋅tion

[i-lek-troh-ik-strak-shuhn]
–noun Physical Chemistry.
the recovery of metal from metallic salts by means of electrolysis.
Also called electrowinning.


Origin:
electro- + extraction
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