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PYROMETALLURGY [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Metals Treatment
OBS

Pyrometallurgy is a treatment not only for metals but also for ores.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Traitements des métaux
DEF

Minéralurgie faisant appel à un traitement thermique.

OBS

minéralurgie : Ensemble des techniques de traitement de matières minérales brutes ayant pour objet d'obtenir par voie physique, chimique ou thermique des produits directement utilisables par l'industriel ou transformables par le métallurgiste.

OBS

La pyrominéralurgie est une branche de la pyrométallurgie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallurgy - General
DEF

Metallurgy involved in winning and refining metals where heat is used, as in roasting and smelting.

OBS

Practically all iron and steel, nickel and tin, most copper, and a large proportion of zinc, gold, and silver, as well as many of the minor metals are won from their ores and concentrates by pyrometallurgical methods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallurgie générale
DEF

Procédé de métallurgie extractive faisant appel à un traitement thermique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metalurgia general
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