Hydrometallurgiassa
Hydrometallurgiassa is a branch of metallurgy that uses aqueous chemistry to extract and recover metals from their ores, concentrates, and recycled materials. It involves dissolving the desired metal into an aqueous solution, followed by separation and purification steps, and finally recovering the metal from the solution. This contrasts with pyrometallurgy, which uses high temperatures.
The process typically begins with leaching, where the ore or concentrate is treated with a chemical solution,
The dissolved metal is then purified and concentrated. Solvent extraction is a common method, where a specific
Finally, the purified metal is recovered. Electrowinning, an electrochemical process, is widely used to deposit the