calcination

cal·cine  (kl-sn, klsn)

v. cal·cined, cal·cin·ing, cal·cines

v.tr.

To heat (a substance) to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.

v.intr.

To undergo calcination.

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[Middle English calcinen, from Old French calciner, from Medieval Latin calcnre, from Late Latin calcna, quicklime, from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx.]

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calci·nation (-s-nshn) n.

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calcination  (kls-nshn)

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

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calcination - the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization - the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction