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Why is gold-bearing solution deoxygenated before the Merrill-Crowe process?
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The Tanami gold mine, Northern Territory, Australia.
In the Merrill-Crowe process, the gold-bearing solution is deoxygenated to facilitate the recovery of gold through reduction with zinc metal powder. By removing oxygen, the process ensures that the gold is effectively displaced from the solution by the zinc.1