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chloruration

  1. (dated) The treatment of metal with chlorine salts.
    • 1878, Julien Deby, Report on the Progress of the Iron and Steel Industries in Foreign Countries, page 185:
      The heat of chloruration of the white cast iron was thus found to be greater than that of the grey cast iron.
    • 1887, Thomas Egleston, The Metallurgy of Silver, Gold, and Mercury in the United States, page 253:
      The quantity of salt which will give the highest chloruration having been determined, it is wasteful to add more, as it has been shown by experiments made the Ontario Mill that 3 per cent. of undecomposed salt is contained in the roasted ore, more being present in the smaples from the shaft than from the flue.

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Etymology

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    From chlorurer +‎ -ation.

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    chloruration m (plural chlorurations)

    1. chlorination
      Synonym: chlorurage