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What does calcination mean?

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Noun
  1. The process of calcining - heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.
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The high degree of calcination of the bone ashes in both kitchens and the heat-altered hearth slabs give evidence of high temperatures, implying a good supply of oxygen.
Indians were masters of calcination, distillation, sublimation and preparation of metallic salts, compounds and alloys.
Oxidative calcination is commonly used to convert metal sulfide ores to oxides in the first step of recovering such metals as zinc, lead, and copper.
They had been collected for the purpose of undergoing the process of calcination.
The calcination is effected in reverberatory furnaces, or in muffle furnaces, if the sulphur is to be recovered.
For example, the calcination of metals in sealed containers demonstrated that no change in mass occurred.

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