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Meaning of deionize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To remove the ions from; to deprive of ions.
    physical, transitive
  2. To cause (an ionized substance) to return to a neutral state; to convert (an ion) into a neutral atom or molecule.
    physical, transitive
  3. To remove the ionic constituents from (a liquid, e.g. water).
    physical, transitive
  4. To be deprived of ions.
    intransitive, physical
  5. Of an ionized substance, to return to a neutral state.
    intransitive, physical

Examples

“Water can be deionized using ion exchange resins.”
“Sparks have been made with durations as light sources down to a few nanoseconds, the advantage being that the ionized gas which created the light can deionize and dissipate its heat sufficiently quickly whereas a discharge in gases like xenon in a bottle deionizes and dissipates more slowly.”
“In the acidic medium at pH 2.0, amino, imino and hydroxyl groups of the hybrid are protonated and KP [ketoprofen] deionizes and becomes less soluble [36]; this leads to a decrease in the release rate and percentage of KP.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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