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Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..

Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc..

Pot :: Pot (n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot..

Crevet :: Crevet (n.) A crucible or melting pot; a cruset.

Cibation :: Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.

Regulus :: Regulus (n.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores..

Cruset :: Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Lustering :: Lustering (n.) The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms..

Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal..

Lute :: Lute (v. t.) To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint..

Foyer :: Foyer (n.) The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.

Grunter :: Grunter (n.) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

Crosslet :: Crosslet (n.) A crucible.

Platinum :: Platinum (n.) A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Fo

Crucible :: Crucible (n.) A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction..

Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..

Rondle :: Rondle (n.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible..

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