calcine
Americanverb (used with object)
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to convert into calx by heating or burning.
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to frit.
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
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(tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
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(intr) to oxidize as a result of heating
Other Word Forms
- calcinable adjective
- calcination noun
- calcinator noun
- calcinatory adjective
- semicalcined adjective
- uncalcined adjective
Etymology
Origin of calcine
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, originally used by alchemists
Example Sentences
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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023
Transfer the filter and its contents to an E Battersea crucible, and calcine it for a few minutes.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
This metal readily parts with its phlogiston, so as to be very subject to calcine, or rust, by exposure to the air.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
I saw another at work to calcine ice into gunpowder, who likewise showed me a treatise he had written concerning the 'Malleability of Fire,' which he intended to publish.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
The process is as follows:—Weigh up 5 grams of the ore, and calcine thoroughly on a roasting dish in the muffle.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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