A person or device that performs calcination, especially equipment used in chemistry or industrial processes.
From Latin 'calcinare' (to heat to ash) + '-or' (one who does). The term emerged from medieval alchemy and was adopted by early chemists and industrial workers.
Medieval alchemists called themselves calcinators, but today the term is mostly used for the industrial furnaces that turn limestone into lime—the profession shifted from mysticism to manufacturing!
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