calcination

cal·cine

 (kăl-sīn′, kăl′sīn′)

v. cal·cined, cal·cin·ing, cal·cines

v.tr.

1. 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.

2. To convert (liquid material, especially radioactive wastes) to granular solids by drying at very high temperatures.

v.intr.

To be calcined.

n.

A substance produced by calcining.

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

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cal′ci·na′tion (-sə-nā′shən) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

calcinacióncalcinamiento

pasutus

calcination

calcinazione

calcinação