electrowin

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verb

To win (extract) electrically.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbelectrowin (third-person singular simple present electrowins, present participle electrowinning, simple past and past participle electrowon)

present singular third person electrowins · participle present electrowinning · participle past electrowon · past electrowon

  1. To win (extract) electrically.

    Silver loads onto carbon more slowly than gold but elutes and electrowins more rapidly.

    2005, Mike D. Adams, Advances in Gold Ore Processing, page 851
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    This means that it is difficult, or even impossible, to electrowin gallium from this solution and that the separation of indium from gallium by electrodeposition should be easily achieved.

    2015 August 12, Anna M. K. Gustafsson et al., “Investigation of an Electrochemical Method for Separation of Copper, Indium, and Gallium from Pretreated CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

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