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.
[Middle English calcinen, from Old French calciner, from Medieval Latin calcīnāre, from Late Latin calcīna, quicklime, from Latin calx, calc-, lime; see calx.]
cal′ci·na′tion(-sə-nā′shən) n.
calcine
(ˈkælsaɪn; -sɪn)
vb
1. (Chemistry) (tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
2. (Chemistry) (intr) to oxidize as a result of heating
[C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime]
calcinationn
cal•cine
(ˈkæl saɪn, -sɪn)
v. -cined, -cin•ing, n. v.t., v.i.
1. to convert into calx by heating or burning.
n.
2. material resulting from calcination; calx.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin calcīnāre, derivative of Late Latin calcīna lime]
cal·cine
(kăl-sīn′)
To heat a substance to a high temperature without melting it, in order to turn it into a powder, oxidize it, or cause it to change in some other way.
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"
I saw another at work to calcine ice into gunpowder; who likewise showed me a treatise he had written concerning the malleability of fire, which he intended to publish.
Gold recoveries from calcine of over 89% are achieved together with the almost complete removal of sulphur and arsenic compounds from discharged gas and liquid streams.
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