Meaning of CALCINATION
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| | Definition: | | [n] the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature |
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| | See Also: | | oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cal`ci*na"tion\ (k[a^]l`s[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[F. calcination.]
1. (Chem.) 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.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The process of heating a solid below its melting point to break it down into another compound (for instance, heating calcium carbonate to send off carbon dioxide gas and create calcium oxide). |
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| | Related Terms: | | blazing, blistering, branding, burning, carbonization, cauterization, cautery, cineration, combustion, concremation, cracking, cremation, cupellation, deflagration, destructive distillation, distillation, distilling, flaming, incineration, oxidation, oxidization, parching, pyrolysis, refining, scorching, scorification, searing, self-immolation, singeing, smelting, suttee, the stake, thermogenesis, vesication |
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