peroxidize

American  

[puh-rok-si-dahyz] / pəˈrɒk sɪˌdaɪz /

especially British, peroxidise

verb (used with or without object)

Chemistry.

peroxidized, peroxidizing

1. to convert into a peroxide, especially of the highest oxidation potential.

---

Etymology

Origin of peroxidize

First recorded in 1820–30; peroxide + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

peroxidize peroxidized

The filtrate is boiled, to get rid of the excess of gas, and treated with nitric acid, to peroxidize the iron present.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

They become very easily peroxidized, but they have the grave defect of requiring two preparations in place of one.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

The quantity of iron thus peroxidized multiplied by 0.491 gives the quantity of manganese contained in the portion operated upon.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

Even the fluffy and peroxidized abundance, which came low on the forehead in a quite remarkable bandeau, somehow gave a maturity to her appearance that he had not in the least expected.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

Grove's conception, had twenty-five years ago constructed a battery of considerable power in substituting porous carbon for platinum, impregnating the same with a precipitate of lead peroxidized by a charging current.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various

The inventor has in his possession positive plates, five to six years old, completely peroxidized, though there remains in the interior a thin core of metallic lead sufficient to give passage to the current.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various