calcination

/ kăl′sə-nā′shən /

1. The process of heating a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and dissociation into simpler substances. The term was originally applied to the method of driving off carbon dioxide from limestone to obtain lime (calcium oxide). Calcination is also used to extract metals from ores.

Example Sentences

On calcination and subsequent lixiviation it yields ordinary alum.

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Oxide of copper which has been used may be again utilised after calcination.

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The stirrer should not be removed till the calcination is finished.

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The lead salt might be regenerated by calcination, and again converted into acetate.

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Consequently, in such cases, it should be removed by calcination unless it is known that its presence will not interfere.

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