calcine

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Then it turns into calcine bone that’s grayish white and brittle with no organic matter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023

Heat gently with a Bunsen burner until the sulphur burns, and then calcine until no more sulphurous oxide comes off.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Why not calcine the two along with him?

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

Yellow ochre, No. 244, 15 parts; oxide of cobalt, 1 part; triturate and calcine in a crucible until it has the desired tone.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

The attempt of Gulliver scientists to calcine ice into gunpowder were not more ridiculous than trying to transform a fool into a philosopher by the alchemy of education.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by Brann, William Cowper