Fire Assaying - Shepard & Dietrich

Fire Assaying- Shepard & Dietrich

by Orson Cutler Shepard & Waldemar F. Dietrich, 1940.

ISBN 9780979976506

ISBN 0979976502

Reprinted 2008

288 pages - Soft Cover

17202

ISBN 0931913217

The objectives of this book are to present the art of assaying as a self-study text for the practical individual, as a text for the technical institute student, as a general reference, and as a college text for the student of metallurgy. It meets all these objectives.

2.Sampling

3. Weighing

4. Cupellation

5. Parting

6. Theoretical Discussion of Assay Fusions and Related Smelting Processes

7. The Crucible Assay

8. The Scorification Assay

9. The Assay of Bullion for Gold and Silver

11. Assay of Solutions for Gold and Silver

12. The Fire Assay for the Platinum Metals

13. Fire Assay Methods for Base Metals

14. The Accuracy of the Fire Assay for Gold and Silver

15. The Preparation of Gold and Silver Bullion from Amalgam and Cyanide Precipitate

16. Assay Equipment and Supplies

17. Appendices include: Minimum Equipment for a Small Assay Office; List of Assay Supplies and Reagents; Assay Supply Houses.