Cupellation
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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.
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See also
- Alchemy
- History of alchemy
- Archaeometry
- Georgius Agricola
- Philosopher's stone
- History of Chemistry
- Metallurgy
- Mining
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