electrowin

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English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ win.

Verb

electrowin (third-person singular simple present electrowins, present participle electrowinning, simple past and past participle electrowon)

  1. To win (extract) electrically.
    • 2005, Mike D. Adams, Advances in Gold Ore Processing, page 851:
      Silver loads onto carbon more slowly than gold but elutes and electrowins more rapidly.
    • 2015 August 12, Anna M. K. Gustafsson et al., “Investigation of an Electrochemical Method for Separation of Copper, Indium, and Gallium from Pretreated CIGS Solar Cell Waste Materials”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
      This means that it is difficult, or even impossible, to electrowin gallium from this solution and that the separation of indium from gallium by electrodeposition should be easily achieved.