intumescence
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The silicates of lime are moreover frequently characterized by intumescence or ebullition, when heated in the forceps in the blowpipe flame.
Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.
The oxide is reduced with intumescence to the metallic state, and the bead becomes clear again.
In the reduction flame, upon charcoal, it is reduced to the metal with intumescence.
Carbonate of Soda dissolves it upon platinum wire in the oxidation flame with intumescence, to a clear bead, which appears milk-white after cooling.