mixing one part gold with three parts silver prior to purifying it
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• (n.) 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; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.
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<chemistry> 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. ... Synonym: inquartation. Compare Parting. ... Origin: L. Quartus the fourth: cf. F. Quartation. So called because usually...
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Quar·ta'tion noun [ Latin
quartus the fourth: confer French
quartation . So called because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one
fourth .]
(Chem. & Assaying) The act, process, or result (in the
process of parting) o...
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