[f. as prec. + -ATION.]
a. Chem. Combination, treatment, saturation, etc., with chlorine. b. Mining. The process of extracting gold and silver from certain ores by means of chlorine.
1854. J. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Chem., 322. Protochloride of iron is a union of chlorine with iron in the first grade of chlorination.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 787. The chlorination-process was originally prepared by Prof. Plattner, and … applied in 1851.
1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss.
