deoxidize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to remove oxygen atoms from (a compound, molecule, etc)
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another word for deoxygenate
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another word for reduce
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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
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 Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
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.
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)
Sewer Gas.—Cesspool emanations usually consist of a mixture of sulphuretted hydrogen, sulphide of ammonium, and nitrogen; but sometimes it is only deoxidized air with an excess of carbonic acid gas.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
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
They are not dissipated by heat, and give a violet colour to the deoxidizing flame of the blowpipe.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
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
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)
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 Salter, Thomas
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.
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