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- verb Present participle of
deoxidize .
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Examples
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A beautiful example of such deoxidizing action on a non-argentine compound has lately occurred to me in the examination of that interesting salt, the ferrosesquicyanuret of potassium described by Mr. Smee in the
Photographic Reproduction Processes Peter C. Duchochois
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Oxidation may, however, be further prevented by passing some deoxidizing or neutral gas into the mould.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881 Various
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Moreover, the solution is immediately decolourised by sulphuretted hydrogen and other deoxidizing agents, as well as by alkalies and many acids.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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There can be no doubt that the process, in a great majority, if not in all cases, which have been noticed among inorganic substances, is a deoxidizing one, so far as the more refrangible rays are concerned.
Photographic Reproduction Processes Peter C. Duchochois
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Their whole surface readily permits the escape of the highly acid liquids, and they become filled with lactic, viscous, and other ferments, This shows us the great danger which may result from the use of pits, in which the beet-roots are preserved, when the air is not renewed, and that the original oxygen is expelled by the vital processes of fungi or other deoxidizing chemical actions.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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_Tungsten Blue_ is an oxide formed by the action of various deoxidizing agents on tungstic acid.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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By this means the resistance is increased fully nine per cent., probably in the same way as the copper, that is, by the deoxidizing effect of the manganese, as both the copper and the tin are always more or less oxidized in ordinary bronzes.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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They are not dissipated by heat, and give a violet colour to the deoxidizing flame of the blowpipe.
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Such results show beyond contradiction the great interest there is in economically producing alloys of copper, manganese, tin, zinc, etc. In addition, they may be added to metallic fusions, for deoxidizing and also to communicate to the commercial alloys (such as bronze, brass, etc.) the greatest degree of resistance and tenacity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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The carbon acts as a deoxidizing agent for the ore or metalliferous material treated, and to this extent it is consumed, but otherwise than from this cause, it remains unimpaired.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various
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