chloridizev.
/ˈklɔːrɪdʌɪz/Categories »
1. Photography. = chloridate v.
2. Mining. ‘To convert into chloride. Applied to the roasting of silver ores with salt, preparatory to amalgamation’ (Raymond Mining Gloss.).
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1870 Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 647/1 A sensible loss of copper arises by being chlorodised, and carried off by the saline vapours.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 118 Chloridize, to convert into chloride. Applied to the roasting of silver ores with salt, preparatory to amalgamation.
1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 391/2 Salt is..used at home in chlorodizing ores.
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