CALCINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("calcination" is a kind of...):

oxidation; oxidisation; oxidization (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

Derivation:

calcine (heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces)

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