cementation

[ see-muhn-tey-shuhn, -men-, sem-uhn- ]

noun

1. the act, process, or result of cementing.
2. Metallurgy. the heating of two substances in contact in order to effect some change in one of them, especially, the formation of steel by heating iron in powdered charcoal.

cementation

/ ˌsiːmɛnˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the process of heating a solid with a powdered material to modify the properties of the solid, esp the heating of wrought iron, surrounded with charcoal, to 750–900°C to produce steel
2. the process of cementing or being cemented
3. civil engineering the injection of cement grout into fissured rocks to make them watertight

cementation

/ sē′mĕn-tā′shən /

1. A metallurgical coating process in which a metal or alloy such as iron or steel is immersed in a powder of another metal, such as zinc, chromium, or aluminum, and heated to a temperature below the melting point of either. Cementation is often employed to increase resistance to oxidation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cementation¹

First recorded in 1585–95; cement + -ation

Example Sentences

The life of Tina Turner — her rise to stardom, her escape from an abusive relationship, her cementation as a figure of rock resilience — is revisited in this new documentary from Daniel Lindsay and T.J.

From New York Times

"We're most interested to find clues as to the aqueous geochemistry which resulted in cementation of the sedimentary rocks," he told the BBC this week.

From BBC

In the cementation process, bars of wrought iron are imbedded in powdered charcoal in a fireclay trough, and kept at a high temperature in a furnace for several days.

From Project Gutenberg

Their hardness and the degree of cementation may be tested by means of a file.

From Project Gutenberg

He was familiar with amalgamation, cupellation, the separation of gold and silver by cementation with salt and by nitric acid.

From Project Gutenberg

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