calcination

English

Etymology

From calcine +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

calcination (countable and uncountable, plural calcinations)

1. The process of calcining: heating a substance to a high temperature, but below its melting point, to bring about thermal decomposition.

   Synonym: lime burning

Derived terms

• recalcination

Translations

the process of calcining

Catalan: calcinació f Czech: kalcinace f Finnish: pasutus (fi) French: calcination (fr) Galician: calcinación (gl) f Greek: απασβέστωση (el) f (apasvéstosi) Italian: calcinazione (it) f Japanese: 煆焼 (かしょう, kashō)、焼成 (ja) (しょうせい, shōsei) Portuguese: calcinação (pt) m Russian: кальцина́ция (ru) f (kalʹcinácija) Spanish: calcinación f, calcinamiento (es) m Ukrainian: кальцинація f (kalʹcynacija)

Further reading

• Calcination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lime kiln on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.si.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

calcination f (plural calcinations)

1. calcination

Related terms

• calcin
• calciner

Further reading

• “calcination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.