scorify
[skawr-uh-fahy, skohr-]
- to subject to scorification.
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Origin of scorify
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In order therefore to consume and scorify it, we cast Nitre into the crucible when we perceive it to emit no more white vapours.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.Pierre Joseph Macquer
Scorify, clean the slag by adding anthracite after the "eye" has closed in: cupel the button of lead.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Scorify until the button shows the bluish-green colour of a fused gold-copper alloy.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Then mix the dried precipitate with three times its weight of lead; fuse, scorify and cupel.
The A B C of MiningCharles A. Bramble
scorify
- to remove (impurities) from metals by forming scoria
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