calcination

American  

[kal-sin-ay-shuhn] / ˌkæl sɪnˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

• calcinations
  plural

1. the process or result of calcining.

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calcination Scientific  

/ 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.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• calcinations
  plural

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The emissions start with mining raw materials such as limestone and crushing it to prepare for a process called calcination.

From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2021

MFI nanosheets on Si wafer were then rubbed by cotton fabric to detach the seeds, followed by additional calcination under identical conditions to remove any organic contamination.

From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017

We may therefore safely conclude, that the volatile matter, lost in the calcination of magnesia, is mostly air; and hence the calcined magnesia does not emit air, or make an effervescence, when mixed with acids.

From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Joseph Black

At the end of twelve days, seeing that the calcination of the mercury did not at all increase, I extinguished the fire, and allowed the vessels to cool.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier

In both cases, the residue after calcination is a fine, reddish clay.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Hence, probably, came the adjective chyic or chymic, and, at a somewhat later time, the word chemia as the name of that art which deals with calcinations, fusions, meltings, and the like.

From The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry by M. M. Pattison Muir

For calcinations, roasting dishes are useful: these are broad and shallow, not unlike saucers, but unglazed.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer