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mercurification|ˌmɜːkjʊrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[f. mercurify: see -fication.]
1.
†a. Alch. The action or process of obtaining the ‘mercury’ of a metal (obs.).
b. The conversion of the ore of mercury into the pure metal.
1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. iv. 148 Wary men may be excus'd, if they do not think fit to beleeve other processes of mercurification. 1757tr. Henckel's Pyritologia 100 In the mercurification and regulation of cinnabar. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XI. 401/2 Mercurification..the obtaining the mercury from metallic minerals in its fluid state.
2. The act of mixing with mercury or quicksilver (Worcester 1860). |