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
2.
the manufacture of lead oxide by melting and oxidizing lead
Examples of 'cupellation' in a sentence
cupellation
Lead was separated from precious metals by cupellation.
B. NESIC, S. COKIC, D. BUDJELAN, N. PETROVIC 2001, 'The determination of the content of gold and silver in geological samples', Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.yu/HtDocs/SHD/Vol66/No1/V66-no1-07.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It includes the combination of cupellation and gravimetry methods.
Anđelić Brankica Č., Petrović Nevenka B., Jovanović Milka R. 2003, 'Determination of platinum in Adam's catalyst', Hemijska Industrijahttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0367-598X/2003/0367-598X0301015A.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)