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electroextraction

[ ih-lek-troh-ik-strak-shuh n ]

/ ɪˌlɛk troʊ ɪkˈstræk ʃən /

noun Physical Chemistry.

the recovery of metal from metallic salts by means of electrolysis.

Words nearby electroextraction

electrodynamometer, electroencephalogram, electroencephalograph, electroencephalographic dysrhythmia, electroendosmosis, electroextraction, electrofluor, electroform, electroforming, electrogasdynamics, electrogastrogram

Origin of electroextraction

electro- + extraction

Also called electrowinning.

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