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liquation
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liquation

Technique for separating constituents of an ore, metal, or alloy by partial melting. When the material is heated to a temperature where one of the constituents melts and the other remains solid, the liquid constituent can be drained off. It was formerly used for extracting antimony minerals from ore, separating silver from copper with the use of lead as a solvent, and refining tin.

liquation [lī′kwā·shən]
(metallurgy)
Separation of fusible metals from less fusible ones by applying heat.
The partial melting of an alloy.


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