scorification

[ skawr-uh-fi-key-shuhn, skohr- ]

noun

, Metallurgy.

1. an assaying process whereby gold or silver is separated from ore by fusion with lead.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scorification¹

First recorded in 1745–55; scori(a) + -fication

Example Sentences

The matter of diseased feet has been placed on the skin lining the cleft of a healthy foot under a variety of circumstances—sometimes when that skin is in its ordinary and natural state, sometimes after a very slight scorification, sometimes when macerated by moisture; and under each of these circumstances the disease has been communicated.

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Various assays are described and directions given for crucible, scorification, and cupellation tests.

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Under the most favourable conditions there is a slight loss of gold and silver in the fusion, the scorification and the cupellation, both by absorption in the slag and by actual volatilization and absorption in the cupel.

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The first is conducted in one of two ways, known respectively as the crucible method and the scorification method.

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In the scorification method one-tenth of an “A.T.” is the amount commonly taken.

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