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pyrometallurgy
py·ro·met·al·lur·gy [ prō métt'l ùrjee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
high-temperature metallurgical processing: the treatment of ores and metals using high-temperature processes, or the study of these processes, which include alloying, casting, distilling, roasting, refining, sintering, smelting, and heat treating
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