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calcine
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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.

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

calci·nation (-s-nshn) n.

calcine
Verb
[-cining, -cined] to oxidize (a substance) by heating [Medieval Latin calcinare to heat]
calcination n
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Verb1.calcine - heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

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The main goal of this study was to analyze the effects of paper calcinations on the intrinsic properties of precipitated calcium carbonate filler (PCC) by using distinct temperatures, from 400[degrees]C up to 1000[degrees]C.
 
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