Noun
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.
The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter calcination the flint pebbles were milled to a fine particle size. Source: Internet
He concluded that this was just a pure form of common air, and that it was the air itself "undivided, without alteration, without decomposition" which combined with metals on calcination. Source: Internet
It is a jet-black powder produced by high temperature calcination. Source: Internet
Calcination equilibrium Calcination of limestone using charcoal fires to produce quicklime has been practiced since antiquity by cultures all over the world. Source: Internet
Calcination involves passing the waste through a heated, rotating tube. Source: Internet
Oelef Heckroodt,Ceramic Review No. 254, March/April 2012, p.64 "Calcination Of Flint. Source: Internet