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CALCINATION
calcination
(noun) the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
calcination (countable and uncountable, plural calcinations)
The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal`ci*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. calcination.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.
2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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