Patera process

noun

Pa·​tera process

pəˈtārə-

: extraction of silver from its ores by roasting with salt, leaching out the silver chloride with a solution of sodium thiosulfate, and precipitating the silver as sulfide by means of sodium sulfide

Word History

Etymology

after Adolf von Patera, 19th century German metallurgist

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