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Definition of Calcination
1. Noun. The conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature.
Definition of Calcination
1. n. The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.
Definition of Calcination
1. Noun. The process of calcining - heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition. ¹
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Definition of Calcination
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Literary usage of Calcination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering: For the Use of Cadets of the by Dennis Hart Mahan (1867)
"calcination of Lime-stone. The effect of heat on lime* stones varies with the
constituent elements of the stone. The pure lime-stones will stand a high ..."
2. Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry by Pierre Joseph Macquer (1758)
"ELEMENTS Of tOt • •* • •-- *.-•/. ,; w, ?A : . • .J/M PROCESS liL' •} . ____ .
'The calcination of Lead. TAK E what quantity of Lead yo'iT ..."
3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Charles D. Demond (1905)
"calcination calcination is the process of subjecting a substance to the action of
... There are a few other purposes for which calcination is employed in ..."
4. The Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium by Walter Renton Ingalls (1903)
"Any of the mechanically raked reverberatory furnaces which are employed for blende
roasting are undoubtedly applicable to the calcination of calamine, ..."
5. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"calcination.—Strictly speaking the term calcination means the production of ...
Crucibles are conveniently used in calcination, as no stirring of the mass ..."
6. The Blast Furnace and the Manufacture of Pig Iron: An Elementary Treatise by Robert Forsythe (1913)
"The most usual preparatory processes are calcination, roasting, ... calcination of
ores has two objects, namely: (1) To prepare them for better reduction by ..."
7. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"The calcination of Portland cement materials must invariably be preceded by two
processes ... The treatment of the raw materials before calcination follows, ..."
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