chemical refining
metallurgy
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extractive metallurgy
- In metallurgy: Extractive metallurgy
Chemical refining involves either the condensation of metal from a vapour or the selective precipitation of metal from an aqueous solution.
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nickel carbonyl process
- In metallurgy: Chemical refining
An example of chemical refining is the nickel carbonyl process, in which impure nickel metal is selectively reacted with carbon monoxide gas to form nickel carbonyl gas. This gas is then decomposed to give high-purity nickel metal.
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