What is the difference between smelting and melting
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Smelting | Melting |
a. It is the process of extracting metal from ore and getting its original pure form. | It is the process of transforming a solid substance in a liquid state. |
b. It involves a series of processes like chemical reaction, melting. | It is the process done through heating of a substance. At times both heat and pressure is used to melt a substance. |
c. Smelting is done on metals like gold, iron, copper. | Melting is involved to mould substances in various forms. |
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