Quartation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quartation is a noun meaning (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.
Meaning
(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.
Word Forms
- quartations
Synonyms for quartation
Depending on context, synonyms include inquartation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parting, aliquotation, liquation, aurification, speltering, trituration.
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