in solution
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It had the right type of rock, a heap leach pad and solvent-extraction electrowinning plant, where the copper dripping in solution from the ore is plated on cathodes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
And researchers are looking at whether putting drops of peanut in solution under the tongue could be a safer way of achieving the same end result.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
But the real action is happening at nanoscale: Proteins in solution combine with chemical molecules held in minuscule wells in custom silicon chips that are like microscopic muffin tins.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024
Dieldrin, named for a German chemist, Diels, is about 5 times as toxic as DDT when swallowed but 40 times as toxic when absorbed through the skin in solution.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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