deoxidize

American  

[dee-ok-si-dahyz] / diˈɒk sɪˌdaɪz /

especially British, deoxidise

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

deoxidized, deoxidizing

1. to remove oxygen from, especially by reducing an oxide.

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deoxidize British  

/ diːˈɒksɪˌdaɪz /

verb

1. (tr)

   1. to remove oxygen atoms from (a compound, molecule, etc)

   2. another word for deoxygenate

2. another word for reduce

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Other Word Forms

• deoxidization
  noun
• deoxidizer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of deoxidize

First recorded in 1760–70; de- + oxidize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

deoxidize deoxidized deoxidizing

Silicon, like manganese, is an important constituent of many steels, the alloy ferrosilicon being added to deoxidize and purify the metal and thus to increase its tensile strength.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

This retains its colour after washing and drying, but cannot be recommended as a pigment, being liable to suffer in contact with organic substances, which deoxidize and decolourize the manganates and permanganates.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

In the second place, there is no proof that the ancient greywackes are not deoxidized sediments.

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth

The deoxidized indigo is yellow and in this state penetrates the woollen fibre; the more perfectly the indigo in a vat is deoxidized, the brighter and faster will be the colour.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Mairet, Ethel M.

It is colourless in the oxidized, blue in the deoxidized state, and contains copper as a chemical constituent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

Care should be taken to see that this material is properly deoxidized either by the use of ferrovanadium or its equivalent.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

The curved cast iron pipes marked D are provided with slides, and are for the purpose of introducing the deoxidized ore into the second bottom of the furnace.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

An alloy of iron and silicon, ferro-silicon, made by heating a mixture of iron ore, sand and coke in the electrical furnace, is used as a deoxidizing agent in the manufacture of steel.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

The carbon acts as a deoxidizing agent for the ore or metalliferous material treated, and to this extent it is consumed, but otherwise than from this cause, it remains unimpaired.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

The slag changes from black to white as the metallic oxides are reduced by these deoxidizing additions and the reduced metals return to the bath.

From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

This is true to a certain extent, but in combination with deoxidizing agents, other preparations have a decided superiority over the pure bromide of silver.

From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by Humphrey, S. D. (Samuel Dwight)

Oxidation may, however, be further prevented by passing some deoxidizing or neutral gas into the mould.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 by Various