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History Of Innovation In Extractive Metallurgy, Fathi Habashi
History Of Innovation In Extractive Metallurgy, Fathi Habashi
Fathi Habashi
People learned melting of ores to get metals since ancient times but the use of aqueous solutions for this purpose was introduced relatively recently in the Middle Ages. The most recent technology, however, came when electric current became available on commercial scale towards the middle of the nineteenth century. The present article records in general terms the development in pyro- , hydro-, and electrometallurgy