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单词 cupel
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Definition of cupel in English:

cupel

nounPlural cupels ˈkjuːp(ə)l
  • A shallow, porous container in which gold or silver can be refined or assayed by melting with a blast of hot air which oxidizes lead or other base metals.

    (提炼或检验金银的)烤钵,灰皿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The metal in the cupel melts and will be observed to become smaller as the process proceeds.
    • Extensive knowledge and experience are required in such matters as making the bone-ash cupels, fine proof gold and silver, testing acids, and other special examinations and operations.
    • Once cooled, the bead is removed from the cupel and weighed.
    • Ordinary bone ash, air dried cupels must be placed in the muffle close together in transverse rows, sufficiently far back for uniform temperature.
    • Very ornamental, this cupel is an interesting mixture between wood and wicker.
    • We found his crucibles and cupels, ceramics that these people used to test rocks to see if they contained any precious metals.
    • In a well-ventilated furnace, the lead melted, oxidized and passed into the pores of the cupel, leaving only a bead of precious metals.
    • For a week or so, we had the theory, the cupels, the lead, and the traces of silver, but no gold.
    • Cupel tongs are adequate for moving bigger range of cupels used in ore analysis.
    • We produce several capacity crucibles and cupels and only use selected virgin materials for production.
    • Think of the cupel as a small smelt to produce ore.
    • As the samples become molten, the base metals, including the lead, vaporize or absorb into the cupels, leaving only the precious metal on top.
    • On cooling, the prill is carefully extracted from the cupel.
    • Here, the area of the rock engravings is delimited, at its ends, by two big cupels engraved in the platforms of the rocky bank; both have been carefully engraved and are deep and well finished.
    • Absorption is facilitated by manufacture of the cupel from a porous material such as bone ash.
    • The cupel with the lead is placed back into the furnace and heated at 1000 degrees or so.
    • According to our shopper, the assayer would make up a tray of aged bone-ash, magnesium or cement cupels into which crushed ore along with a button of lead was added.
    • On the other hand, the use of cupel keys is extremely economical, which is why fabricants use them in products where they are only used occasionally.
verbcupeled, cupelled, cupels, cupelling, cupeling ˈkjuːp(ə)l
[with object]
  • Assay or refine (a metal) in a cupel.

    用灰皿检验;用灰皿提炼

    to extract the silver, the Greeks roasted the ore and then cupelled the molten metal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Gold and silver bullion that remains in a cupelling furnace after the lead has been oxidized and skimmed off.
    • I burned and crushed bones to make my bone-dust for cupelling, and thus provided made nearly forty assays, some of which were afterwards checked in Adelaide, in each instance coming as close as check assays generally do.
    • Lead cube contains any precious values and is ready for cupelling.
    • The prill is cupeled as described above to determine the precious metal content.
    • ‘They sat down and cupelled about two-thirds of their galena before they realized that they were wasting their time,’ he said.
    • The lead button produced is scorified and cupelled leaving a bead of precious metal.
    • A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
    • To extract the silver, the Greeks roasted the ore and then cupelled the molten metal.
    • The lead button is cupelled to oxidize the lead leaving behind a dore bead containing the precious metals.
    • Do you have a furnace capable of cupelling?
    • The product is then cupelled to increase the dross to the range of about 50-65% by weight bismuth.
    • Some assay beads disappear, collapse, hide under the surface, or spread out flat while being cupelled, just as the last tiny bit of liquid litharge is driven off.
    • This quantity will be well worth working, provided the lead is abundant: Probably one pound of silver in a ton of lead would more than repay the cost of extraction, as lead yielding only four ounces to the ton is said to be profitably cupelled in Great Britain.
    • As far as the historical aspects are concerned, it is necessary to mention the Romanesque Baptistry and the adjacent cupelled boulder with Celtic engravings.
    • The plant consisted of a ‘double German cupola’, a German style cupelling furnace and two 4-foot wooden housed fans (one was a backup unit).
    • When cooled, the lead is separated from the glass and then cupelled.
    • After cooling the lead button is separated from the slag and cupelled at 1000°C to recover the silver (doré bead) plus gold, platinum and palladium.
    • The fire assay begins by combining your sample with pure silver and pure lead in a process called cupelling.
    • Then the drill filings from drilling in several parts of the brick are then cupelled and assay results determines the purity and thus the sale price to our hypothetical customer.
    • There are six steps in the fire assay procedure: splitting - weighing - mixing firing - cupelling - parting.

Derivatives

  • cupellation

  • noun kjuːp(ə)ˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌkjupəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
    • No doubt the high silver content of Mendip lead was an important factor in its early exploitation, but we have no means of assessing either the total output of lead or of the amount of silver extracted from it by cupellation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The precious metals assay by cupellation is the most ancient and most used method for the analysis of precious metals.
      • During cupellation, osmium and ruthenium are partly volatilised and iridium is partly absorbed by the cupel.
      • The lead alloy was then separated into its component metals by cupellation.
      • In cupellation the lead button is again heated in a furnace at 960°C to 1000°C, but this time in a bone ash cup or cupel.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from French coupelle, diminutive of coupe 'goblet'.

Definition of cupel in US English:

cupel

noun
  • A shallow, porous container in which gold or silver can be refined or assayed by melting with a blast of hot air which oxidizes lead or other base metals.

    (提炼或检验金银的)烤钵,灰皿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Extensive knowledge and experience are required in such matters as making the bone-ash cupels, fine proof gold and silver, testing acids, and other special examinations and operations.
    • The metal in the cupel melts and will be observed to become smaller as the process proceeds.
    • We produce several capacity crucibles and cupels and only use selected virgin materials for production.
    • Here, the area of the rock engravings is delimited, at its ends, by two big cupels engraved in the platforms of the rocky bank; both have been carefully engraved and are deep and well finished.
    • The cupel with the lead is placed back into the furnace and heated at 1000 degrees or so.
    • According to our shopper, the assayer would make up a tray of aged bone-ash, magnesium or cement cupels into which crushed ore along with a button of lead was added.
    • Think of the cupel as a small smelt to produce ore.
    • For a week or so, we had the theory, the cupels, the lead, and the traces of silver, but no gold.
    • As the samples become molten, the base metals, including the lead, vaporize or absorb into the cupels, leaving only the precious metal on top.
    • Very ornamental, this cupel is an interesting mixture between wood and wicker.
    • Once cooled, the bead is removed from the cupel and weighed.
    • In a well-ventilated furnace, the lead melted, oxidized and passed into the pores of the cupel, leaving only a bead of precious metals.
    • Absorption is facilitated by manufacture of the cupel from a porous material such as bone ash.
    • On cooling, the prill is carefully extracted from the cupel.
    • We found his crucibles and cupels, ceramics that these people used to test rocks to see if they contained any precious metals.
    • On the other hand, the use of cupel keys is extremely economical, which is why fabricants use them in products where they are only used occasionally.
    • Ordinary bone ash, air dried cupels must be placed in the muffle close together in transverse rows, sufficiently far back for uniform temperature.
    • Cupel tongs are adequate for moving bigger range of cupels used in ore analysis.
verb
[with object]
  • Assay or refine (a metal) in a cupel.

    用灰皿检验;用灰皿提炼

    to extract the silver, the Greeks roasted the ore and then cupelled the molten metal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I burned and crushed bones to make my bone-dust for cupelling, and thus provided made nearly forty assays, some of which were afterwards checked in Adelaide, in each instance coming as close as check assays generally do.
    • Some assay beads disappear, collapse, hide under the surface, or spread out flat while being cupelled, just as the last tiny bit of liquid litharge is driven off.
    • ‘They sat down and cupelled about two-thirds of their galena before they realized that they were wasting their time,’ he said.
    • The lead button is cupelled to oxidize the lead leaving behind a dore bead containing the precious metals.
    • Do you have a furnace capable of cupelling?
    • Then the drill filings from drilling in several parts of the brick are then cupelled and assay results determines the purity and thus the sale price to our hypothetical customer.
    • To extract the silver, the Greeks roasted the ore and then cupelled the molten metal.
    • A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
    • The lead button produced is scorified and cupelled leaving a bead of precious metal.
    • As far as the historical aspects are concerned, it is necessary to mention the Romanesque Baptistry and the adjacent cupelled boulder with Celtic engravings.
    • After cooling the lead button is separated from the slag and cupelled at 1000°C to recover the silver (doré bead) plus gold, platinum and palladium.
    • Lead cube contains any precious values and is ready for cupelling.
    • The product is then cupelled to increase the dross to the range of about 50-65% by weight bismuth.
    • This quantity will be well worth working, provided the lead is abundant: Probably one pound of silver in a ton of lead would more than repay the cost of extraction, as lead yielding only four ounces to the ton is said to be profitably cupelled in Great Britain.
    • There are six steps in the fire assay procedure: splitting - weighing - mixing firing - cupelling - parting.
    • Gold and silver bullion that remains in a cupelling furnace after the lead has been oxidized and skimmed off.
    • The prill is cupeled as described above to determine the precious metal content.
    • When cooled, the lead is separated from the glass and then cupelled.
    • The plant consisted of a ‘double German cupola’, a German style cupelling furnace and two 4-foot wooden housed fans (one was a backup unit).
    • The fire assay begins by combining your sample with pure silver and pure lead in a process called cupelling.

Origin

Early 17th century (as a noun): from French coupelle, diminutive of coupe ‘goblet’.

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