Smelting
Electric phosphate smelting furnace in a TVA chemical plant (1942). Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore, to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive is used to extract many metals from their ores, including silver, iron, copper, and other base uses heat and a chemical reducing agent to decompose the ore, driving off .
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