English Dictionary

Washoe process

固有名詞

The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.

日本語の意味

ウォショープロセスとは、銀鉱石をパンやタブ内ですりつぶしながら、水銀および場合により青ビトリウルや塩などの化学物質を加えて処理する方法を指します。

Historians credit the Washoe process with transforming silver production on the Comstock Lode, since it treated silver ores by grinding them in pans or tubs with mercury and sometimes chemicals like copper sulfate and salt to amalgamate and recover the metal.

史家たちは、銀鉱石を鍋や槽で粉砕し、水銀やときに硫酸銅や塩などの薬品を加えて処理する工程がコムストック鉱床の銀生産を一変させたと評価している。

意味（1）

The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.