different between chemistry vs hydrometallurgy

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Etymology

First coined 1605, from chemist +? -ry. From chemist, chymist, from Latin alchimista, from Arabic ?????????????? (al-k?miy??), from article ???? (al-) + Ancient Greek ?????? (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from ???? (khúma, “fluid”), from ????? (khumós, “juice”), from ??? (khé?, “I pour”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m'?str?, IPA^(key): /?k?m.?.st?i/

Noun

chemistry (countable and uncountable, plural chemistries)

1. (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
2. (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
   • 1984, North American Lake Management Society, Lake and Reservoir Management: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference (page 250)

     The aquatic chemistries of iron and manganese are similar; this “is reflected geologically in their common association in rocks of all kinds” (Bortleson and Lee, 1974).

3. (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.

Usage notes

• Historical note: This word and its derivatives were formerly spelled chy- or sometimes chi- (i.e., chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.) with pronunciation depending on the spelling.

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• See also Thesaurus:chemistry

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Derived terms

• biochemistry

English

Etymology

hydro- +? metallurgy

Noun

hydrometallurgy (uncountable)

1. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.

Related terms

• hydrometallurgical
• hydrometallurgically

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