devolatilize

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ volatilize.

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
   • 1999 February 26, Frederick A. Ochs, Rebecca A. Lange, “The Density of Hydrous Magmatic Liquids”, in Science‎^[1], volume 283, number 5406, →DOI, pages 1314–1317:

     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 ).

Derived terms

• devolatilization
• devolatilizer