About The Word Calcine
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Calcine
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What's The Definition Of Calcine?
[v] in chemistry; heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
Synonyms | Synonyms for Calcine: Related Terms | Find terms related to Calcine: Calcine In Webster's Dictionary \Cal*cine"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calciden}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Calcining}.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime.
See {Calx}.]
1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the
action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of
heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually)
to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to
a metallic calx.
\Cal*cine"\, v. i. To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. ``Calcining without fusion'' --Newton. |
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