单词 | Parkes |
释义 | Parkes Metallurgy.|pɑːks| [Name of Alexander Parkes (1813–90), English chemist and inventor, who first patented the process in 1850 (Brit. Pat. 13,118).] Parkes (or † Parkes', ¶ Parke's) process: a process for removing silver and gold from lead by adding zinc to the molten lead, so that the precious metals form an alloy with the zinc and collect on the surface.
1857Phillips & Darlington Rec. Mining & Metalurgy 180 (heading) Parkes' process for desilverizing lead. 1892W. Crookes tr. R. von Wagner's Man. Chem. Technol. ii. 180 A further advantage of the Parkes process is that a minimum proportion of gold, present in the work-lead, can be first extracted by a small addition of zinc..whilst the subsequent main quantity of silver extracted..is free from gold. 1912J. W. Mellor Mod. Inorg. Chem. xxi. 382 Lead can be desilverized by means of Pattinson's or Parkes' process. 1923U. R. Evans Metals & Metallic Compounds IV. 268 Parke's process..only serves to remove silver and gold, and would leave the objectionable impurities in the lead. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 617/2 Parke's process. 1969R. F. Lang tr. Henglein's Chem. Technol. 531 The refining of crude lead takes place in two steps: 1. refining proper... 2. desilvering by the aid of Zn (Parkes process). |

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