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Definition of Calcination

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

Definition of Calcination

1. 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 of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.

Definition of Calcination

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Medical Definition of Calcination

1. 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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