How Gold Is Refined: A StepByStep Guide Pease Curren
When the cupel is heated, the lead seeps out through the porous holes in the cupel, leaving behind just the gold in a beadlike shape. This bead of gold is known as the prill. To separate the gold from the silver, the refiner places the gold bead in nitric acid or a combination of hydrochloric and nitric acids. A Lab Assesses the Gold