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volatilisation

volatilisation is the alternative spelling of volatilization.

Meaning of volatilization

Noun

volatilization (countable and uncountable, plural volatilizations)

  1. The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas; vaporization; evaporation or sublimation.
    • An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248

Forms of volatilisation

pluralvolatilisations

Questions about volatilisation

What is volatilisation the alternative spelling of?
Volatilisation is the alternative spelling of volatilization.

Words near volatilisation in the dictionary

  1. volatile organic compounds
  2. volatilely
  3. volatileness
  4. volatiles
  5. volatilisable
  6. volatilisation
  7. volatilisations
  8. volatilise
  9. volatilised
  10. volatiliser
  11. volatilisers

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