EGAVE

vitrification

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.
  2. noun An instance of such conversion.
  3. noun The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.

Similar words

vitrifaction glassification covitrification vitriolisation vitriolization volatilization devitrification semivitrification glass transition volatization

Often followed by

of and is process in solution range temperature plant

Word family

vitrifiable vitrifications vitrified vitrifies vitrify vitrifying

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