Calcination
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saɪn, -sɪn verb (used with object)
1.
to convert into calx by heating or burning.
2.
to frit.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be converted into calx by heating or burning.
noun
4.
material resulting from calcination; calx.
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calcine (ˈkælsaɪn, -sɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water |
| 2. | (intr) to oxidize as a result of heating |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime] | |
| calcination | |
| —n | |
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| calcine (ˈkælsaɪn, -sɪn) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water |
| 2. | (intr) to oxidize as a result of heating |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin calcināre to heat, from Latin calx lime] | |
| calcination | |
| —n | |
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Medical Dictionary
calcine cal·cine (kāl-sīn, kāl'sīn)
v. cal·cined, cal·cining, cal·cines
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.
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Science Dictionary
calcination  (kāl'sə-nā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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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In some cases, calcination of a metal results in oxidation of the metal.
Alchemists distinguished two kinds of calcination, actual and potential.
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