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CALCINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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