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calcination
DEFINITIONS OF:
calcination
1
n
the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
Type of:
oxidation
,
oxidisation
,
oxidization
the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
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