Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CALCINABLE
a.[See Calcine. ] That may be calcined; capable of being reduced to a friable state by the action of fire.
CALCINATE
v.t.To calcine. [See Calcine. ]
CALCINATION
n.[from calcine. ] 1. The operation of expelling from a substance by heat, some volatile matter with which it is combined, or which is the cementing principle, and thus reducing it to a friable state. Thus chalk and carbonate of lime are reduced to lime by calcination, or the expulsion of carbonic acid.
2. The operation of reducing a metal to an oxyd, or metallic calx. This is modern chemistry is called oxidation.
CALCINATORY
n.A vessel used in calcination.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CALCINABLE
CALCINABLE Cal *cin "a *ble, a.
Defn: That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
CALCINATE
CALCINATE Cal "ci *nate, v. i.
Defn: To calcine. [R.]
CALCINATION
Cal `ci *na "tion, n. Etym: [F. calcination. ]
1. (Chem. )
Defn: 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.
2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.
CALCINATORY
CALCINATORY Cal *cin "a *to *ry, n.
Defn: A vessel used in calcination.
French Dictionary
calcination
calcination n. f. nom féminin Action de calciner.
Spanish Dictionary
calcina
calcina nombre femenino 1 Material de construcción formado por una mezcla de piedras menudas y argamasa (cal, cemento, arena y agua ).SINÓNIMO hormigón .2 Mezcla de un óxido metálico, arena silícea y carbonato de potasio, que se emplea en la fabricación de esmaltes .
calcinación
calcinación nombre femenino 1 Acción de calcinar .SINÓNIMO calcinamiento .2 Efecto de calcinar .SINÓNIMO calcinamiento .
calcinamiento
calcinamiento nombre masculino Calcinación .
calcinar
calcinar verbo transitivo 1 Destruir algo [el fuego ]:el incendio calcinó 1.400ha de tierra de cultivo .2 quím Someter al calor una materia para que, al descomponerse, desprenda todas las sustancias volátiles :los minerales calcáreos se calcinan para reducirlos a cal viva .
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