devolatilize

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verb

To remove volatile components from

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Meanings

verbdevolatilize (third-person singular simple present devolatilizes, present participle devolatilizing, simple past and past participle devolatilized)

present singular third person devolatilizes · participle present devolatilizing · participle past devolatilized · past devolatilized

  1. transitiveTo remove volatile components from
  2. intransitiveTo lose volatile components

    Because hydrous silicate melts devolatilize at room pressure, our study exploits the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the liquid-glass transition to measure the density of a hydrous silicate liquid at 1 bar (3 ).

    1999 February 26, Frederick A. Ochs, Rebecca A. Lange, “The Density of Hydrous Magmatic Liquids”, in Science, volume 283, number 5406, →DOI, pages 1314–1317

Origin

From de- + volatilize.

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Chicago

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