Definition of calcination

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Calcination (n.) 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..

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Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
Looping :: Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination..
Calcar :: Calcar (n.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit..
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination..
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) 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..
Calcinatory :: Calcinatory (n.) A vessel used in calcination.
Calx :: Calx (n.) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder..
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