The method of dividing metallic substances into grains or small particles to facilitate their combination with other substances, and sometimes for the purpose of readily subdividing them by weight. This is done either by pouring the melted metal into water, or by agitating it in a box, until the moment of congelation, at which instant it becomes converted into a powder. Copper is granulated for making brass by pouring it through a perforated ladle into a covered vessel of water, with a movable false bottom. The small shot made of an alloy of lead with arsenic is produced in like manner, by pouring the liquid metal through a perforated colander, and allowing it to fall from a considerable elevation through the air, which causes the drops to assume a spherical shape. See Shot, Solder, etc.