CALCINATION

Calcination

Calcination is a thermal treatment process in presence of air or oxygen applied to ores and other solid materials to bring about a thermal decomposition, phase transition, or removal of a volatile fraction. The calcination process normally takes place at temperatures below the melting point of the product materials. Calcination is not the same process as roasting. In roasting, more complex gas–solid reactions take place between the furnace atmosphere and the solids.

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calcination

Noun

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


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