Biooxidation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Biological or biochemical oxidation. countable, uncountable

    "This technology has been commercialized for some metal ores such as the biooxidation of refractory gold ores and in copper recovery [ 3, 4 ]."

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"This technology has been commercialized for some metal ores such as the biooxidation of refractory gold ores and in copper recovery [ 3, 4 ]."

Etymology

From bio- + oxidation.

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