liquate

American  

[lahy-kwayt] / ˈlaɪ kweɪt /

verb (used with object)

liquated, liquating

1. to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.

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verb (used without object)

liquated, liquating

1. to become separated by such a fusion (often followed byout ).

liquate British  

/ ˈlaɪkweɪt /

verb

1. to separate one component of (an alloy, impure metal, or ore) by heating so that the more fusible part melts

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Other Word Forms

• liquation
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of liquate

1660–70; < Latin liquātus, past participle of liquāre to liquefy, melt. See liquid, -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

liquated

For the preparation of metallic antimony the crude stibnite is first liquated, to free it from earthy and siliceous matter, and is then roasted in order to convert it into oxide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Weight of argentiferous lead liquated out 423.6 lbs.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The stibnite is liquated out at a low heat and drips from the upper to the lower pot.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

Five cakes are placed at the same time in the furnace in which argentiferous lead is liquated from copper, and from these are made lead which contains half an uncia of silver to the centumpondium.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The extraction into the liquated lead would be about 80% of the silver.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

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