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    Biohydrometallurgy - Wikipedia

    • Biohydrometallurgy is a technique in the world of metallurgy that utilizes biological agents (bacteria) to recover and treat metals such as copper. Modern biohydrometallurgy advances started with the bioleaching of copper more efficiently in the 1950s See more

    Important Definitions

    • Bio: Shortened form of Biology; refers to usage of bacteria.
    • Hydro: Term referring to the usage of water; process occurs in … See more

    General Information

    • Interdisciplinary field involving processes that
    • "Biohydrometallurgy may generally referred to as the branch of biotechnology dealing with the study and application of the economic potential of the interactions between mi… See more

    Hydrometallurgy

    Hydrometallurgy refers to a specific process involving the chemical properties of water to create an aqueous solution for metal extraction through a series of chemical reactions See more

    Biohydrometallurgy as a Science

    Biohydrometallurgy represents the overlap of the world of microorganisms to the process of hydrometallurgy. The usage of microorganisms can be used for recovery and extraction of metals. See more

    Applications

    Biohydrometallurgy is used to perform processes involving metals, for example, microbial mining, oil recovery, bioleaching, water-treatment and others. Biohydrometallurgy is mainly used to recover cer… See more

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