Look up: calcination

1. Calcination
   a high-temperature reaction whereby one solid material dissociates to form a gas and another solid.
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2. calcination
   [n] - the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
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3. Calcination
   A high-temperature reaction whereby one solid material dissociates to form a gas and another solid.
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4. Calcination
   a high-temperature reaction whereby one solid material dissociates to form a gas and another solid.
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5. Calcination
   Cal`ci·na'tion (kăl`sĭ*nā'shŭn) noun [ French calcination .] 1. (Chemistry) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some vola...
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6. calcination
   <chemistry> The process of heating a solid below its melting point to break it down into another compound (for instance, heating calcium carbonate to send off carbon dioxide gas and create calcium oxide). ... (21 Mar 1998) ...
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7. calcination
   noun the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
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8. Calcination
   • (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation. • (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...
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9. calcination
   (from the article `metallurgy`) Calcination of carbonates to oxides is done in a horizontal rotary kiln, which is a mild-steel circular shell lined with refractory material and ... ...of phlogiston. According to this theory, which was most influential after the middle of the 18th century, the fiery principle, phlogiston, was ... [2 r...
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10. calcination
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kal′si-nā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The process of calcining.
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11. calcination
    preliminary heat treatment of powders
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12. calcination
    calcination (kăl"sunā'shun) , in metallurgy, process of heating solid material to drive off volatile chemically combined components, e.g., carbon dioxide. It is sometimes a step in the extraction of metals from ores. Calcination is distinguished from drying, in which mechanically...
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13. Calcination
    Calcination is a term used in metallurgy to denote the operation of roasting or burning ores. The process varies according to the nature of the ore, and may have the objective to expel certain volatile constituents such as sulphur or arsenic, or to produce an oxide by exposing the heated ore to air....
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14. Calcination
    `Calcination` (also referred to as `calcining`) is a thermal treatment process applied to ores and other solid materials in order to bring about a thermal decomposition, phase transition, or removal of a volatile fraction. The calcination process normally takes place at temperatures below the meltin...
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