---
title: "Preparation of Foam for Joining Gold, Silver, and Bronze"
title_greek: Σκευασία ἀφρονίτρου τοῦ ζητουμένου εἰς τὰς
author: Alchemist I
eul_wid: rrg-ae
eul_aid: rrg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-foam-joining-metals-rrg-ae"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Preparation of Foam for Joining Gold, Silver, and Bronze

*Σκευασία ἀφρονίτρου τοῦ ζητουμένου εἰς τὰς*

**Author:** Alchemist I

**eul_wid:** `rrg-ae` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-foam-joining-metals-rrg-ae)

## Text

### 1

ΣΚΕΥΑΣΙΑ ΑΦΡΟΝΙΤΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΖΗΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΚΟΛΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΧΡΥΣΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΓΥΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΧΑΛΚΟΥ 〈Λαβὼν〉 νίτρου αἰγυπτίου λίτραν αʹ, σάπωνος ἐξ ὀξουγγίου ἄνευ ἀσβέστου λίτραν αʹ, κόψον καλῶς καὶ μῖξον, καὶ μετὰ αὐτῶν θὲς αὐτὸ, εἴτε εἰς τὸν ἥλιον, εἴτε εἰς τόπον θερμὸν, καὶ ἔστι τέλειον εἰς τὸ κολλῆσαι χρυσόν.

## License and provenance

Eulogikon publishes public-domain Greek texts in cleaned, structured, readable form and makes no copyright claim over that preparation (Public Domain Mark 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Cite as `eul_wid: rrg-ae`.