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lixiviant

lixiviant noun: a liquid medium used in hydrometallurgy to selectively extract the desired metal from the ore or mineral.

Noun

lixiviant (plural lixiviants)

  1. A liquid medium used in hydrometallurgy to selectively extract the desired metal from the ore or mineral.

Forms of lixiviant

plurallixiviants

Questions about lixiviant

What does lixiviant mean?
Lixiviant means a liquid medium used in hydrometallurgy to selectively extract the desired metal from the ore or mineral.
What part of speech is lixiviant?
Lixiviant is a noun.
What is the plural of lixiviant?
The plural of lixiviant is lixiviants.

Words near lixiviant in the dictionary

  1. lixivation
  2. lixive
  3. lixives
  4. lixivia
  5. lixivial
  6. lixiviant
  7. lixiviants
  8. lixiviate
  9. lixiviated
  10. lixiviates
  11. lixiviating

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