Electrometallurgy

Electrometallurgy is the field concerned with the processes of metal electrodeposition. There are four categories of these processes:

• Electrowinning, the extraction of metal from ores^[1]
• Electrorefining, the purification of metals.^[1] Metal powder production by electrodeposition is included in this category, or sometimes electrowinning, or a separate category depending on application.^[2]
• Electroplating, the deposition of a layer of one metal on another^[1]
• Electroforming, the manufacture of, usually thin, metal parts through electroplating^[1]

See also

• Electropolishing, the removal of material from a metallic workpiece

References

1. Popov et al., p.1
2. Popov et al., pp.2,30

Bibliography

• Konstantin Ivanovich Popov, Stojan S. Djokić, Branimir N. Grgur, Fundamental Aspects of Electrometallurgy, Springer, 2002 ISBN 0-306-47269-4.