calcination

verb (used with object), cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

1. to convert into calx by heating or burning.
2. to frit.

verb (used without object), cal·cined, cal·cin·ing.

3. to be converted into calx by heating or burning.

noun

4. material resulting from calcination; calx.

verb

1. (tr) to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
2. (intr) to oxidize as a result of heating

v.

1. To heat a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction, or oxidation and the decomposition of carbonates and other compounds.

1. The process of heating a substance to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point, causing loss of moisture, reduction or oxidation, and dissociation into simpler substances. The term was originally applied to the method of driving off carbon dioxide from limestone to obtain lime (calcium oxide). Calcination is also used to extract metals from ores.