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devolatilizing

devolatilizing is the present participle and gerund of devolatilize.

Meaning of devolatilize

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove volatile components from
  2. (intransitive) To 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

Questions about devolatilizing

What is devolatilizing the present participle and gerund of?
Devolatilizing is the present participle and gerund of devolatilize.

Words near devolatilizing in the dictionary

  1. devolatilize
  2. devolatilized
  3. devolatilizer
  4. devolatilizers
  5. devolatilizes
  6. devolatilizing
  7. devolute
  8. devolutes
  9. devolution
  10. devolutional
  11. devolutionary

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