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Cementation

Cementation meaning

The act of cementing. | The impregnation of the surface of a metal with another material; the manufacture of steel by carburizing iron. | The precipitation of mineral matter in the pores of a sediment.

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Additionally, the cemented consistency depends on cementation by substances other than clay, such as calcium carbonate, silica, oxides and salts; moisture content has little effect on its assessment.

Craddock and Eckstein 2003, pp. 224–5 Islamic cementation seems to have used zinc oxide known as tutiya or tutty rather than zinc ores for brass-making, resulting in a metal with lower iron impurities.

Saint Anselm College New methods of producing it by carburizing bars of iron in the cementation process were devised in the 17th century.

The compositions of these early "brass" objects are highly variable and most have zinc contents of between 5% and 15% wt which is lower than in brass produced by cementation.