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Meaning of deoxidation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The process of extracting the oxygen content of a dissolved oxide, or of removing dissolved oxygen, with the aid of a reducing agent.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Desoxidation
Suomi tiivistys
Italiano disossidazione

Examples

“When [Henry Cavendish] commenced those researches, he found an opinion prevailing, that the production of fixed air, or carbonic acid, is the invariable result⟳ of what he called the phlogistication, and we should call⟳ the deoxidation, of atmospheric air.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

deoxidization deoxidizer deoxocastasterone deoxofukujusonorone deoxy sugar deoxy sugar alcohol

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