cementation
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Cementation is a process of bonding particles or materials together.
In geology, it describes how sediments become rock—loose grains of sand bound by minerals deposited between them.
In metallurgy, cementation is heating metal in contact with another substance to change its surface properties, as when iron is converted to steel by heating it with charite.
In dentistry, it's the attachment of crowns or bridges using cement: The crown failed due to poor cementation.
Formed from deposited material
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- concretionAccumulated solid mass
- porosityVoid space density
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
sandstone · limestone · shale · strata · matrix · stratigraphy · facies · bedrock
Oven for hardening clay
- clinkerFused coal residue
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- ball millRotating cylinder for grinding
preheater · silos · gypsum · quarrying · slurry · cooler · homogenization · blending
Transition to firm state
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- settingContext of events
consolidation · induration · strengthening · maturation · densification · coagulation · calcification · sintering
Atmospheric water deposit
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- hydrothermalHot water underground
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- mineralogyScience of inorganic solids
stratification · fossilization · petrification · metamorphism · gangue · cavity filling
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- concretionAccumulated solid mass
- porosityVoid space density
permeability · sandstone · limestone · shale · strata · matrix · stratigraphy · facies · bedrock · geode
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
- clinkerFused coal residue
- calcinationThermal decomposition via heat
- grindingMolar action sometimes
ball mill · preheater · silos · gypsum · quarrying · slurry · cooler · homogenization · blending · nodules
solidification
Transition to firm state
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
setting · consolidation · induration · strengthening · maturation · densification · coagulation · calcification · sintering · tempering
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- hydrothermalHot water underground
- replacementWhat takes another's place
mineralogy · stratification · fossilization · petrification · metamorphism · gangue · cavity filling
adhesion
State of clinging fast
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- bindingLegally or morally required
- attachmentConnection or fondness
affinity · welding · soldering · fusion · joining · sealing · fastening · anchoring · coupling · laminating
mortar
Grinding bowl or binder
- aggregateCombined sum total
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
- foundationUnderlying support structure
plaster · masonry · brickwork · grout · formwork · paving · slab · precast · blocks · reinforcement
- Earth processesplate tectonics, erosion, weathering, volcanism, sedimentation
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- geological processesweathering, erosion, sedimentation, metamorphism, crystallization
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, solidification, solidifying, rigidifying
- rock propertieshardness, porosity, grain size, density, roughness
- petrophysicslogging tools, resistivity, net pay, mineralogy, pressure testing
cementationerosion
Gradual wearing away
weathering · dissolution · disaggregation · disintegration · leaching
cementationloosening
Reducing tightness or tension
crumbling · friability · pulverization · granulation · fragmentation
- pack cementationSurface hardening via powder immersion