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Nature 389, 121-122 (11 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38113
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Materials science: Percolation frustrated
Robert W. Cahn1
In the gold-mining industry, the 'richness' of gold ore extracted from a mine is assayed by cupellation, that is, reduction to metal in a heated carbon crucible using an appropriate flux, followed by weighing. This has been done for centuries.
- Robert W. Cahn is in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK.
e-mail: Email: rwc12@cam.ac.uk
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