Cementation
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Cementation may refer to:
- Cementation (geology)Cementation (geology)Cementation involves ions carried in groundwater chemically precipitating to form new crystalline material within sediment pores; this is how "sediment" becomes "rock". The new pore-filling minerals form "bridges" between original sediment grains, thereby binding them together. So sand becomes...
, the process of deposition of dissolved mineral components in the interstices of sediments - Cementation (medical)Cementation (medical)Cementation is the medical name for a small deposit of calcium, similar to a cyst, which can grow on or in the body e.g. under the eyelid....
, a small deposit of calcium, similar to a cyst - Cementation (metallurgy)Cementation (metallurgy)Cementation is a heterogeneous process in which ions are reduced to zero valence at a solid metallic interface. The process is often used to refine leach solutions....
, a process in which ions are reduced to zero valence at a solid metallic interface - Cementation processCementation processThe cementation process is an obsolete technique for making steel by carburization of iron. Unlike modern steelmaking, it increased the amount of carbon in the iron. It was apparently developed before the 17th century. Derwentcote Steel Furnace, built in 1720, is the earliest surviving example...
, an obsolete technique for making steel by carburization of iron - CarburizationCarburizationCarburizing, spelled carburising in the UK, is a heat treatment process in which iron or steel is heated in the presence of another material which liberates carbon as it decomposes. Depending on the amount of time and temperature, the affected area can vary in carbon content...
, a process for surface hardening of low-carbon steel