invitrifiable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
in- + vitrifiable
Adjective[edit]
invitrifiable (not comparable)
- Not capable of being vitrified.
- 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy:
- Macquer found the purest gypsum invitrifiable by solar heat ; that of Monmartre seemed to yield , but probably was not pure. Even the heat excited by pure air , if continued long enough to dissipate the acid , cannot vitrify it
References[edit]
“invitrifiable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.