recalcinationn.
/ˌriːˌkalsᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriˌkælsəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of calcining again; a second or further calcination.
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reheating1725
recalcination1751
reheat1868
1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica 89 Dioscorides tells us of two Kinds of Pompholyx... He seems to give a Recalcination of the formerly made Cadmia as the Preparation of even the fine white Kind.
1768 Elaboratory laid Open 149 The recalcination of the ashes..is wholly unnecessary.
1802 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 26 Disoxidation of the zinc calx,..its sublimation in a metallic state, and instantaneous recalcination.
1908 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 80 255 During re-calcination, various gases are given off, and microscopic examination shows that the cell-wall in ordinary charcoal is often incompletely charred.
1991 Bull. Materials Sci. 14 173 It was found that recalcination and annealing in oxygen will not improve the superconducting transition temperature.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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