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Patio process

The patio process is a process for extracting silver from ore. Smelting, or refining, is most often necessary because silver is only infrequently found as a native element like some metals nobler than the redox couple 2 H+ + 2 e−⇌ H2 (gold, mercury, ...). Instead, it is made up of a larger ore body. Thus, smelting, or refining, is necessary to reduce the…

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SilverOreSmeltingRefiningNative element
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Patio process → process for extracting silver from ore

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silver amalgamation mercury ore process new production patio spain spanish americas smelting labor mexico ores expansion used gold peru refining

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Patio processis aprocess for extracting silver from ore0.90text
silver chlorideinstance ofsilver was often found as a compound0.80text
silver sulfideinstance ofsilver was often found as a compound0.80text
and therefore required mercury amalgamation for refinementinstance ofsilver was often found as a compound0.80text

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