Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

REFOGADO

English translation:

melted down

Added to glossary by Elvia Rodriguez
Jan 22, 2015 17:06
9 yrs ago
Spanish term

REFOGADO

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Mining & Minerals / Gems Parte de un contrato de minería
Hola, alguien que me pueda ayudar con ese término. A continuación va el contexto.

La empresa se dedica a la venta interna, exportación e importación de metales preciosos (oro) y sus derivados en forma refogada, fundido y fino.

Lamentablemente no tengo más contexto para ofrecer. Ojalá alguien me pueda ayudar.

Mil gracias!

Discussion

slothm Jan 24, 2015:
Amalgams Second thoughts.
Amalgam = Mercury + Metal.
The result of heating the amalgam thus eliminating the Mercury is "refogado".
The "refogado" is Mercury free therefore it cannot be an amalgam.
bigedsenior Jan 24, 2015:
After reading the references presented, it seems that the answer should be -amalgams - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry)

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melted down

This is what is done with precious metal scrap.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Mil gracias!"
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retort

https://www.google.com.uy/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...

4.(v) to subject (shale, ore, etc.) to heat and possibly reduced pressure, as to produce fuel oil or a metal.


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As it is a verb, derived words as retorting, retorted, retorter, etc. are also valid.
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DISTILLED (metals)

"Distilled metals are produced under high vacuum and leave the metal tantalum-free"...

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"The reduced-distilled metals usually contain several hundred ppm La in addition to O and H. These impurities are removed by sublimation. "

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http://www.researchgate.net/publication/257286224_Purificati...
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Reference comments

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Reference:

References

http://www.ifeanet.org/publicaciones/boletines/40(2)/333.pdf
Using Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis (ICP), an average of 15 ppm (parts per million) mercury was found in the gold after the gold-mercury amalgam, with more than 300 000 ppm mercury, was burned to volatilize (rogado) the mercury. From 12,3 to 13,9 ppm mercury was found in worked gold foils from Huaca la Ventana, a Middle Sicán (A. D. 900-1200) site at Lambayeque, Perú and low levels of mercury were found in pre-contact gold foils from Colombia (1-12 ppm). Similarly low levels of mercury in the analyses of modern refogado gold and pre-contact gold foils are consistent with a comparable, ancient small-scale mining technology that would have used mercury to amalgamate the fine-grained gold; and then, as now, ***burning the amalgam to volatilize** the mercury and beautify and recover the gold.

Utilizando el análisis llamado Induced Coupled Plasma (ICP), un promedio de 15 ppm (partes por millón) de mercurio fue encontrado en el oro después de que la amalgama oro-mercurio (>300 000 ppm de mercurio) haya sido quemada o refogada para volatilizar el mercurio, en las tiendas modernas de oro en Madre de Dios, Perú. De 12,3 a 13,9 ppm de mercurio fue encontrado en láminas de oro trabajado en Huaca la Ventana, Sican Medio (900-1200 d. C.), Lambayeque, Perú y bajos niveles de mercurio fueron encontrados en las láminas pre-contacto de oro de Colombia (1-12 ppm) y Ecuador. Asimismo, los bajos niveles de mercurio medidos en el análisis ICP de oro refogado moderno (charapitas) y precontacto (láminas de oro) son consistentes con los valores esperados utilizando una antigua tecnología de pequeña minería. Para eso se usa métodos de separación por gravedad y de amalgama de mercurio para el tratamiento del grano fino y vena de oro de los lavaderos, y entonces, como ahora, ***el refogado de la amalgama hace volitilizar el mercurio***, para embellecer y recuperar el oro.


Amalgamation and small-scale gold mining in the ancient ...
www.ifeanet.org/publicaciones/boletines/40(2)/333.pdf
by WE Brooks - ‎2011 - ‎Cited by 3 - ‎Related articles
fine-grained gold; and then, as now, burning the amalgam to volatilize the ... mercurio) haya sido quemada o refogada para volatilizar el mercurio, en las tiendas ...

http://www.traduccionesyservicios.com/wp-content/uploads/201...
refoga nf [Pe] retort used for vaporizing mercury from amalgam
refogar vtr [Pe] to retort amalgram

https://ia700502.us.archive.org/20/items/spanishenglishdi00l... (Pg. 62=
refogar (Peru) - to re-distil retort silver

p.562-3. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry
www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Bulletin.../563
Refogar (Peru). To retort amalgam; to distill sulphur from sulphides. (Halse) Refraction. 1. A change of direction Registrar (Sp.). To register a title when a ray of ...

A glossary of the mining and mineral industry online
www.ebooksread.com/.../page-89-a-glossary-of-the-mining-and...
water acting in a backward direc- tion against a set of pumps (Nat. Tube Co.). A check valve. ***Refogar (Peru). To retort amalgam** ; to distill sulphur from sulphides.

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Meaning of "retort" which you may wish to add as an explanatory note:

http://www.miningonlineexpo.com/glossary.php/r.html
Retort
Used to separate or vaporize off mercury from gold.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree slothm : Spot on.
1 hr
Gracias slothm.
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