Roasting vs. Calcination

Roastingadjective

(colloquial) Very hot.

Roastingnoun

The act by which something is roasted.

Roastingnoun

(colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).

Roastingadjective

a. & n., from Roast, v.

Roastingnoun

cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added);

Roasting

Roasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air covers the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least 150 °C (300 °F) from an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance the flavor through caramelization and Maillard browning on the surface of the food.

Calcinationnoun

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

Calcinationnoun

The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.

Calcinationnoun

The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Calcinationnoun

the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

Calcination

Calcination refers to heating (thermal treatment of) a solid chemical compound (e.g. carbonate ores) to high temperatures in absence or limited supply air or oxygen (O2), generally for the purpose of removing impurities or volatile substances and/or to incur thermal decomposition.The root of the word calcination refers to its most prominent use, which is to remove carbon from limestone through combustion to yield calcium oxide (quicklime).