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	Diagramma di Ellingham	Elettroestrazione	Basicità della Scoria
Campo	Ingegneria mineraria	Ingegneria mineraria	Ingegneria mineraria
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1944	1890	1950
Ideatore	Harold Jeffrey Torreyson Ellingham	Industrial Electrometallurgy Practice	Pyrometallurgical Practice
Tipo	Gibbs free energy diagram for high-temperature reactions	Electrochemical metal extraction and purification	Slag composition parameter for controlling roast/smelt conditions
Fonte seminale	Ellingham, H. J. T. (1944). Reducibility of oxides and sulfides. Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 63(5), 125-160.	Habashi, F. (2011). Electrometallurgy: principles, processes and materials. Metallurgical Transactions, 29(7), 1569-1589.	Barnes, J. F., Edwards, C. C., & Sims, R. L. (2010). Copper smelting and refining: pyrometallurgical fundamentals. JOM, 52(12), 38-43.
Alias	Gibbs Free Energy Diagram, High-Temperature Reduction Diagram	Electrodeposition, Electrolytic Extraction	Basicity Index, Slag Chemistry Parameter
Correlati	3	3	3
Sintesi	The Ellingham Diagram, introduced by Harold Ellingham in 1944, is a graphical representation of the Gibbs free energy change for oxide formation and reduction as a function of temperature. It is an essential tool for predicting the thermodynamic feasibility of ore reduction and selecting appropriate reducing agents and temperatures for smelting and roasting operations.	Electrowinning is an electrochemical process that extracts and refines metals from dilute leaching solutions by passing electric current through an electrolytic cell. Metal ions migrate to the cathode (negative electrode) and are reduced to pure metal, while impurities remain in solution. This process is essential for copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, and gold refining, producing metals of exceptional purity.	Slag basicity is a measure of the composition of slag formed during smelting and roasting operations. It is typically expressed as the ratio of basic oxides (CaO, MgO) to acidic oxides (SiO2). Basicity controls slag fluidity, viscosity, and reactivity, directly affecting metal recovery, processing temperature, and product quality. It is a critical parameter in copper, nickel, and lead smelting.