Inquartation A

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Inquartation is a pre-refining technique used on alloys with a high silver content (>10%) that cannot be directly treated with Aqua Regia. With this technique the starting material is melted with silver and copper to produce an alloy of 25% …

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Inquartation necessary?

Yes, it is possible to process without inquartation, but there's one thing you need to know. When silver content exceeds a given limit, while it is converted to silver chloride, it doesn't do so freely.

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Inquartation and Parting Refining Process

Inquartation involves initially diluting the gold in the refinable material to about 25% (literally 'quartering' the gold) by melting with the appropriate addition of copper or silver, granulating the melt so as to generate a high surface area and then treating with nitric acid.

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Inquartation is a pre-refining technique used on alloys with a high silver content (>10%) that cannot be directly treated with Aqua Regia. With this technique the starting material is melted with silver and copper to produce an alloy of 25% gold (corresponding to ¼ of the total, hence the term inquartation) then treated with Aqua Regia (nitric ...

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Collecting gold dust for refining

I am wondering if it is best to collect gold dust from the bench in separate containers based on karat, or if it is alright to mix dust from all karat types into one container? My intention is to save it and send it to a refinery in the future.

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Gold Inquartation Process

The chief difficulty in parting by the last-named method is encountered in transferring the gold from the glass vessel to the Wedgwood crucible; minute particles of gold may adhere to the glass and are then left …

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Gold Inquartation Process

The chief difficulty in parting by the last-named method is encountered in transferring the gold from the glass vessel to the Wedgwood crucible; minute particles of gold may adhere to the glass and are then left behind.

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