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oxidizable

  • a word derived from oxidize.
    oxidize
    verb (used with object)
    to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.

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Professor Sacks added that Sauvignon Blanc based-wines are some of "the most readily oxidizable."

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022

Helium is important as an inert atmosphere for the melting and welding of easily oxidizable metals and for many chemical processes that are sensitive to air.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Many luminescent creatures secrete an easily oxidizable compound, luciferin, which is oxidized with the help of an enzyme, luciferase.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are not volatile, nor are they oxidizable.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

This is doubtless the reason why ozone does not accumulate in the atmosphere in greater proportion than the oxidizable miasma, notwithstanding the constant formation of one and the other.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Robert Chambers

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