Definition of Cupellation

1. n. The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.

Definition of Cupellation

1. Noun. The assaying of precious metal in a cupel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cupellation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupellation

cupboardless
cupboardlike
cupboards
cupboardsful
cupboardwise
cupboardy
cupcake
cupcakeries
cupcakery
cupcakes
cupel
cupeled
cupeler
cupelers
cupeling
cupellation (current term)
cupellations
cupelled
cupeller
cupellers
cupelling
cupels
cupferron
cupferrons
cupflower
cupful
cupfuls
cupgall
cupgalls
cuphead

Literary usage of Cupellation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"A Rule Governing cupellation Losses BT \VJ ... extent volatilized, and in work of the highest accuracy a correction is made for the "cupellation loss. ..."

2. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1898)
"THE cupellation OF ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD The cupellation of argentiferous lead ... During the cupellation the temperature must be maintained at such a point ..."

3. The Metallurgy of Lead and the Desilverization of Base Bullion by Heinrich Oscar Hofman (1904)
"Thus at the beginning of the cupellation little silver is contained in the litharge. During the progress of the operation the lead becomes richer, ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1897)
"The temperature of cupellation. 3. The character and quantity of impurities in the lead button. 4. The weight of the lead button. 5. ..."

5. The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising Gold, Silver by Ernest Alfred Smith (1913)
"(2) cupellation of Platinum.—The presence of platinum and of the platinum group of metals raises the melting-point of the gold or silver button left on the ..."

6. A Manual of Fire Assaying by Charles Herman Fulton (1911)
"During the cupellation litharge and antimony combine to form antimoniate of lead ... As a guide in cupellation, the following scale of color temperatures is ..."

7. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell, William Crookes (1888)
"Should the silver globule obtained after cupellation spread out, or appear to the eye more flattened than usual with globules of pure silver, it indicates ..."

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