calcine
IPA: kˈæɫsʌn
noun
- Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
verb
- (transitive)
- (alchemy, historical) To heat (a substance) to remove its impurities and refine it.
- (chemistry) To heat (a substance) without melting in order to drive off water, etc., and to oxidize or reduce it; specifically, to decompose (carbonates) into oxides, and, especially, to heat (limestone) to form quicklime.
- (by extension) To heat (something) to dry and sterilize it.
- (figuratively)
- To purify or refine (something).
- To burn up (something) completely; to incinerate; hence, to destroy (something).
- (intransitive, chemistry) Of a substance: to undergo heating so as to oxidize it.
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Examples of "calcine" in Sentences
- The mixture is then extruded, dried and calcined.