volatilise
- a variation of volatilize.
Example Sentences
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But such spectra are produced with the greatest brilliancy when, instead of ordinary gases, we make use of metals heated so highly as to volatilise them.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
So that if the Clothes-Volume itself was too like a 59Chaos, we have now instead of the solar Luminary that should still it, the airy Limbo which by intermixture will farther volatilise and discompose it!
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
A useful test of its purity is the fact that when subjected to a red-heat it should almost entirely volatilise, leaving very little residue.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Finally, if the amount of picric acid be still further increased under these conditions, it will undergo partial decomposition and volatilise, but will not even deflagrate.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)
While it continues abundant, the passage of the current is so free — the resistance to it is so small — that the heat generated is incompetent to volatilise the silver.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
