devolatilize
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]de- + volatilize
Verb
[edit]devolatilize (third-person singular simple present devolatilizes, present participle devolatilizing, simple past and past participle devolatilized)
- (transitive) To remove volatile components from
- (intransitive) To lose volatile components
- 1999 February 26, Frederick A. Ochs, Rebecca A. Lange, “The Density of Hydrous Magmatic Liquids”, in Science[1], volume 283, number 5406, , pages 1314–1317:
- 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 ).