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

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Etymology

Origin of deoxidize

First recorded in 1760–70; de- + oxidize

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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 C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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 Thomas Salter

Sufficient excess of elemental manganese should remain so that the purchaser may be sure that the iron has been properly "deoxidized," and to render harmless the traces of sulphur present.

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

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

From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

The important criterion in connection with the use of this material is that the steel be properly deoxidized, either through the use of ferrovanadium or its equivalent.

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

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 Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin

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

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

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 S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

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 Edwin E. Slosson

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 Fred H. (Fred Herbert) Colvin

Moreover, the solution is immediately decolourised by sulphuretted hydrogen and other deoxidizing agents, as well as by alkalies and many acids.

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

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