ALL meanings of cyanide process
cy·a·nide proc·ess
C c - noun cyanide process a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide 3
- noun cyanide process a process of extracting gold or silver from low-grade ores by treating them with a solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide 3
- noun cyanide process a process for extracting gold or silver from ore by dissolving the ore in an alkaline solution of sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide and precipitating the gold or silver from the solution. 1
- noun cyanide process A method of extracting gold and silver from their ores with a solution of sodium cyanide. 0
- noun cyanide process A process of case-hardening iron or steel by immersing it in molten cyanide and then quenching in water or oil. 0