calcine

A verb used to indicate the act of heating a substance to a high temperature in order to decompose it or remove volatile components, often in a scientific or industrial context.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das das Erhitzen eines Stoffes auf hohe Temperatur bezeichnet, um ihn zu zersetzen oder flüchtige Bestandteile zu entfernen, oft im wissenschaftlichen oder industriellen Kontext.

1. Heat to oxidize or reduce C2 formal technical

   To heat a substance to a high temperature but below its melting point, causing it to oxidize, reduce, or decompose.

   • The chemist calcined the limestone to produce quicklime.
   • They calcined the ore to extract the metal.
   • The sample was calcined in a furnace at 800 degrees Celsius.

   🇩🇪Kalzinieren

   Synonyme: burnfireroast

• calcined past participle
• calcined past simple
• calcining present participle
• calcines third person singular