Calcine

Definition:

  • (v. i.) To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
  • (v. i.) To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.
  • (v. i.) To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat.

Compare calcine with other words:

calcine vs. calcite

calcine vs. calycine

calcine vs. chark

calcinate vs. calcine

calcine vs. calciner

calcine vs. lime

calcine vs. quicklime

calcine vs. limestone

calcine vs. reduce

calcine vs. oxidize

calcine vs. oxide

calcine vs. carbonate

calcine vs. decompose

calcine vs. water

calcine vs. melting

calcine vs. heat

calcine vs. crocus

calcine vs. gypsum