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Webster 1913 Edition
Cementation
Cemˊen-ta′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act or process of cementing.
2.
(Chem.)
A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cementation
CEMENTATION
,Noun.
1.
The act of cementing; the act of uniting by a suitable substance.2.
In chimistry, the act of applying cements to substances, or the corroding and changing of them by cement. This is done by surrounding them with the powder of another body, and exposing them, in a close vessel, to a heat not sufficient to fuse them.