volatilize
verb (used without object)
to become volatile; pass off as vapor.
volatilization
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a word derived from
volatilize.
Example Sentences
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It does sound magical that a human being could turn into glass, but far better if studying the Guardian can prevent vaporizing, volatilization and vitrification — or saponification — of anyone else.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025
As tainted water flowed downstream, light chemicals like butyl acrylate naturally left the creek and entered the air by a process called volatilization.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
They therefore explored the volatilization behavior of the different elements in sewage sludge ash under different chemical conditions, especially with and without carbon being added during a sludge treatment process involving chlorine.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2024
Frying bacon, for example, produces significant levels of PAHs, probably due to volatilization of carbon in the bacon itself.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2014
The majority of the caffein undergoes this volatilization unchanged, but a portion of it is probably oxidized with the formation of ammonia, methylamin, di-methylparabanic acid, and carbon dioxid.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
