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General mining
General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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General mining
oil flotation
Mining; General mining
A process in which oil is used in ore concentration by flotation.
flotation process
Mining; General mining
A process in which oil is used in ore concentration by flotation.
greased-deck concentration
Mining; General mining
A process in which separation is based on selective adhesion of some grains (diamonds) to quasi-solid grease with adhesion of other grains to water.
dry galvanizing
Mining; General mining
A process in which steel is fluxed in hot ammonium chloride and subsequently dried by hot air before being passed through a bath of molten zinc.
backstroke jigging
Mining; General mining
A process in which strong suction is advocated at all times with the dense-medium process, since none of the bone medium must be allowed to get over into the washed coal.
French process
Mining; General mining
A process in which zinc is distilled and the vapor burned to produce the oxide; the purity of the oxide is controlled by the purity of the metal.
scour and fill
Mining; General mining
A process of alternate excavation and refilling of a channel, as by a stream or the tides; esp. such a process occurring in time of flood when the discharge and velocity of an aggrading stream are ...
