- pan amalgamation
- амальгамация в чашах
English-Russian mining dictionary. В.П. Манышев.
English-Russian mining dictionary. В.П. Манышев.
Pan amalgamation — The Pan amalgamation process is a method to extract silver from ore, using mercury. The process was widely used from 1609 through the 1800s; it is no longer used. The patio process had been used to extract silver from ore since its invention in… … Wikipedia
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