clinkering
- present participle of clinker.
Example Sentences
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Cement is made through a process called clinkering, where limestone and other raw materials are crushed and heated to about 1,450°C in large kilns.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
The clinkering process requires heat and the right combination of oxides, all of which are in used cement, but need to be reactivated.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
The flues of each furnace are provided with dampers, which are closed during the process of clinkering in order to keep up the heat.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
I should cut a fine figure, metaphorically, if not arithmetically speaking; whereas my farthing rush-light is now sputtering, clinkering, and guttering to waste, and all because I have not a pair of silver snuffers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 by Various
The cost of labour in stoking and clinkering is about 6d. per ton of the refuse treated at Bradford, and 9d. per ton at Oldham, where the rate of wages is higher.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
