Quartation Definition

noun

(chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold.

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Other Word Forms of Quartation

Noun

Singular:
quartation
Plural:
quartations

Origin of Quartation

  • Latin quartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.

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Quartation Sentence Examples

  • The sulphur and litharge, or Pfannenschmied, process was used to concentrate the gold in an alloy in order to make it amenable to " quartation," or parting with nitric acid.

  • It used to be called " quartation " or " inquartation," from the fact that the alloy best suited for the operation of refining contained 3 parts of.silver to I of gold.

  • The operation by which the alloy is brought to this standard is termed quartation or inquartation, and consists in fusing the alloy in a cupel with lead and the quantity of fine silver or fine gold necessary to bring it to the desired composition.

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