1) Gauging ore 2) Testing
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• (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assay
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in chemical analysis, process of determining proportions of metal, particularly precious metal, in ores and metallurgical products. The most ... [7 related articles]
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As·say'ing noun The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
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Finding the percentage of a given metal in ore or bullion.
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Assaying is the estimation of the amount of pure metal, and especially of the precious metals, in an ore or alloy. In the case of silver the assay is either by the dry or by the wet process. The dry process is called eupellation from the use of a small and very porous cup, called a cupel, which is usually made of well-burned and finely-ground bone-...
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