Meanings
present singular third person electrowins · participle present electrowinning · participle past electrowon · past electrowon
- 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 8511 more example
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
Cite this entry
electrowin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrowin
“electrowin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrowin. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electrowin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electrowin.
Source: electrowin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.