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PRONUNCIATION OF CUPELLATION

cupellation  [ˌkjuːpɪˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUPELLATION

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Cupellation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUPELLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cupellation

Cupellation is a refining process in metallurgy, where ores or alloyed metals are treated under high temperatures and controlled operations to separate noble metals, like gold and silver, from base metals like lead, copper, zinc, arsenic, antimony or bismuth, present in the ore. The process is based on the principle that precious metals do not oxidise or react chemically, unlike the base metals; so when they are heated at high temperatures, the precious metals remain apart and the others react forming slags or other compounds. Since the Early Bronze Age, the process was used to obtain silver from smelted lead ores. By the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, cupellation was one of the most common processes for refining precious metals. By then, fire assays were used for assaying minerals, that is, testing fresh metals such as lead and recycled metals to know their purity for jewellery and coin making. Cupellation is still in use today.

Definition of cupellation in the English dictionary

The definition of cupellation in the dictionary is the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast. Other definition of cupellation is the manufacture of lead oxide by melting and oxidizing lead.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUPELLATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUPELLATION

cup size
cup tie
cup-holder
cup-tied
cupbearer
cupboard
cupboard love
cupcake
CUPE
cupel
cupeler
cupelled
cupeller
cupelling
cupferron
cupful
cupgall
cuphead

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUPELLATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of cupellation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cupellation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUPELLATION

Find out the translation of cupellation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cupellation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cupellation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灰吹法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

copelacion
570 millions of speakers

English

cupellation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cupellation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cupellation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Купелирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

copelação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cupellation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coupellation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cupellation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kupellation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

灰吹き法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cupellation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cupellation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cupellation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புடமிடுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विजेचा तुकडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kupelasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coppellazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cupellation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

купелирование
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cupellation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυπέλλωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cupellation
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cupellation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kupellering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cupellation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPELLATION»

The term «cupellation» is used very little and occupies the 166.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUPELLATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cupellation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cupellation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cupellation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUPELLATION»

Discover the use of cupellation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cupellation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Studies in Ancient Technology
There are several references to the "fining pot" (cupel) in the Bible (227) or to the dross obtained in cupellation (228), to cupellation furnaces (229) and to the bellows used (230). If we want to find out when this cupellation was discovered, we ...
Forbes, 1971
2
Mineral Processing Plant Design, Practice and Control
Fire Assay Cupellation The lead button obtained from the crucible fusion or scorification is treated by a process called cupcllation to separate the noble metals from the lead This consists of an oxidizing fusion in a porous vessel called a cupel.
Andrew L. Mular, Doug N. Halbe, Derek J. Barrett, 2002
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The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation ...
The gold could be removed and the silver recovered by cupellation. Touchstones could be used to test the purity of the metal (Oddy 1986 and 1993). Bayley (1991) has recognised the presence of parting vessels from Roman, Anglo-Saxon ...
Julian Henderson, 2013
4
Mining and Engineering World
Cupellation. of. Telluride. Ores-II. Current Literature on Mining and Kindred Subjects Articles mentioned without. As one example taken from many results, 50 grms. of an alloy containing 0.1470% of gold, about 0.03% of silver and 0.23% of  ...
5
The Sampling and Assay of the Precious Metals: Comprising ...
The results of the most recent attempts that have been made to measure the temperature of muffles during cupellation and also the actual temperature of cupellation are briefly summarised as follows. The most complete and probably the most ...
Ernest Alfred Smith, 1913
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Mining Reporter
THE ERRORS IN GOLD ASSAYING. Bulletin No. 253, United States Geological Survey. By W. F. Hillebrand and E. T. Allen. Cupellation Losses. Silver losses in cupellation have been pretty well known and worked out, but owing possibly to ...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts
... specific gravity of steam. In addition to these, many resolutions were passed, involving applications to the government and other public bodies ; and various scientific researches were also recommended. Art. IX. — On Cupellation, an easy , ...
8
Effects of Copper on the Cupellation of Silver
"The object of this work is to find the effect of copper in the cupellation of silver.
Charles A. Baker, 1908
9
Engineering and Mining Journal
The lead bullion is dipped from the lead well and cast into bars weighing approximately 27 lb. each. The cupellation of the lead bullion is carried on in a single English cupellation furnace of usual pattern, using crude oil as a fuel. The furnace ...
10
The Engineering and Mining Journal Vol 88 No 1
SL'MMARY OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES. . I Between I Effect of Introduc- , Continua- I i Top and O ening tion and Commence- tion 01 Comparison 1 Bottom at .\ uflie, Melting ment of Cupellation, With Initial End 016 1 Min. of Pb. Cupellation.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUPELLATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cupellation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Second Thoughts On US Official Gold Reserve Audits
Raw precious metals (bullion) are assayed by an assay office. Silver is assayed by titration, gold by cupellation and platinum by inductively ... «Gold Seek, Feb 15»
2
Great Aspirations of the Iron Age
The coast of southeastern Spain was rich in lead, a substance vital to the silver-smelting process known as cupellation, and two different ... «AINA, Dec 14»
3
High Performance Recovery of Precious Metals
... competitive advantage over alternative methods of obtaining precious metals, including cupellation, hydrometallurgical leaching and thermal ... «Azom.com, Apr 14»
4
Soil Science: ALS Minerals tests samples to find minerals
The lead button is heated up again in a process called cupellation, where the precious metal (silver and gold) are separated from other metals. «Elko Daily Free Press, Apr 14»
5
Facts Abou . . .
They heated the silver ore and blew air over it, a process called cupellation. The silver does not react to the air, but the base metals such as ... «LiveScience.com, May 13»
6
Yemen toy market poses danger
... steamtight uneconomic slatier webfoot expertised dikaryon cupellation neomenian sourtop antarchism spacewalker inclamation parallelising ... «The Yemen Times, Sep 12»
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Introduction to Gold Assaying: What's in a Gold Grade?
If the assay is performed on the ore materials using fusion and followed by cupellation separation, detection of mineralization may be in parts ... «Gold Investing News, May 11»
8
TIMELINE - A brief history of silver
2500 BC: The ancient Chaldeans (modern-day Turkey) created a 'cupellation' process to extract silver from lead-silver ores in the first ... «Reuters India, Apr 11»
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Furnaces From Carbolite For The Precious Metals Industry, Crucible …
Furnaces From Carbolite For The Precious Metals Industry, Crucible Furnaces, Cupellation Furnaces, Assay Furnaces and Gold Melting ... «Azom.com, Apr 07»
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Christopher Columbus's Failed Outpost The First European Colony …
... ore were novices at the task, substituting beach sand for the necessary bone ash in the cupellation process. Finally, most of the galena ore lies unprocessed. «About - News & Issues, Apr 07»

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