calcination

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

From calcine + -ation.

These stones, when decomposed by heat, made a very strong quicklime, greatly increased by slacking, at least as pure as if it had been produced by the calcination of chalk or marble. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
After I have heard you myself, when the whole of my right side has been benumbed, going on with your master about combustion, and calcination, and calorification, and I may say every kind of ation that could drive a poor invalid distracted, to hear you talking in this absurd way about sparks and ashes! — Hard Times, Charles Dickens

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