What is the operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle called?
ustulation — (Old Chem.) The operation of expelling one substance from another by heat, as sulphur or arsenic from ores, in a muffle. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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