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case processing
The speed with which cases are heard in either criminal or juvenile court.
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extractive metallurgy, extraction metallurgy; process metallurgy, processing metallurgy
Metallurgy which is concerned with the extraction of metals from their ores, refining, and adapting them for use.
Metals are extracted from ores in three primary ways:
- Dry processes; such as, smelting, volatilization, or amalgamation; which is treatment with mercury.
- Wet processes, involving chemical reactions.
- Electrolytic processes, which work on the principle of eletcrolysis using electricity conducted by a solution or melt to effect chemical changes.
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Metallurgy Topics or Metal Technology +
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