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What is a cementation?

What is a cementation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of cementing
  2. (metallurgy) The impregnation of the surface of a metal with another material; the manufacture of steel by carburizing iron
  3. (geology) The precipitation of mineral matter in the pores of a sediment
  4. (medicine) The use of a cement join the parts of a broken bone to aid in the healing process
  5. (dentistry) The use of a cement or adhesive to fasten orthodontics or to restore chipped or broken teeth
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It seems probable that the Ancients did part gold and silver by cementation.
Pore-filling cementation is also common during the diagenesis of chalks, resulting in rapid porosity loss.
He was familiar with amalgamation, cupellation, the separation of gold and silver by cementation with salt and by nitric acid.
All-purpose desensitizing temporary cement for short and long-term cementation of temporary restorations and implant-retained crowns.
Rocks in intermediate-burial settings experience chemical compaction as well as subsurface cementation and dissolution.
If the cementation be continued too long, the steel acquires a darkish fracture, it is more fusible, and incapable of welding.

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