Latinquartus, "fourth", because usually enough silver is added to make the amount of gold in the alloyed button about one fourth.

quartation (usuallyuncountable,pluralquartations)

1. (chemistry, archaic) The act, process, or result (in the process ofparting) ofalloying abutton of nearly puregold with enoughsilver to reduce thefineness so as to allowacids to attack and remove allmetals except the gold.

• inquartation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/

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quartation f (pluralquartations)

1. quartation

• “quartation”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

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