pyrometallurgy

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What does pyrometallurgy mean?

Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.

Where does pyrometallurgy come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- English metallurgy English pyrometallurgy From pyro- + metallurgy.

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