cementation

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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