calcine

calcine — 動詞

  • calcinepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • calcines3rd person singular
  • calcining-ing form
  • calcinedpast simple

1. to treat a substance by heating it to a very high temperature — just below its m

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

煅燒

將物質加熱至近熔點以淨化或改變性質

to treat a substance by heating it to a very high temperature — just below its melting point — so that unwanted elements are driven off as gas or a chemical change such as oxidation takes place.

例句

The factory calcines limestone to produce quicklime for construction use.

這家工廠煅燒石灰石來生產建築用的生石灰。

calcine + object (limestone, a specific mineral)

Hao's research team calcined the ore samples at twelve hundred degrees to extract pure zinc oxide.

Hao 的研究團隊在一千二百度下煅燒礦石樣本,以提取純氧化鋅。

常見搭配
  • calcine limestone
  • calcine ore
  • calcine clay
  • calcine at [temperature]
同義詞
  • roast

    more specific to heating metal ores in air to cause oxidation, often with a different temperature profile

  • fire

    broader term; can mean heating pottery or ceramics, not necessarily for chemical change

文法句型

calcine + object (substance/material)

用法筆記

Usually refers to industrial or laboratory heating of inorganic materials such as ores, limestone, or clay. The object is the substance being treated.

常見錯誤

They calcined the steel to make it harder.
They calcined the limestone to produce calcium oxide.
calcine applies to minerals and ores being heated without melting, not to metalworking processes like annealing or tempering.

2. of a substance, to be changed by very strong heating that approaches but does no

2.動詞不及物C1
釋義

受煅燒

物質本身經高溫處理並產生變化

of a substance, to be changed by very strong heating that approaches but does not reach its melting point, usually resulting in the removal of volatile components or a chemical transformation.

例句

The bauxite calcines at around one thousand degrees and turns into alumina.

鋁土礦在大約一千度時受煅燒,轉變為氧化鋁。

calcines + at [temperature], showing the material as subject

Nadia watched the gypsum calcine inside the furnace until it became a fine white powder.

Nadia 看著石膏在爐內受煅燒,直到變成細緻的白色粉末。

常見搭配
  • calcine at [high temperature]
  • calcine in a kiln
  • calcine to [product]
同義詞

文法句型

calcine + at [temperature]

calcine + in [equipment]

用法筆記

The subject is always the material being heated, not the person or machine doing the heating. Distinguish from sense 1: here the substance is the grammatical subject and undergoes the change itself.

常見錯誤

The technician calcined.
The ore calcined in the kiln for six hours.
sense 2 is intransitive and requires the substance as the subject, not the person performing the operation.

calcine — 名詞

同根字

  • calcination
    名詞C1
  • calciner
    名詞C2
  • calcined
    形容詞C1
  • recalcine
    動詞C2

常見搭配

常用片語

  • drive off volatile matter
  • undergo calcination
  • remove impurities

介系詞搭配

  • at [temperature]
  • in [kiln/furnace]
  • to [product]