volatilization

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English

Etymology

From volatile +‎ -ization.

Noun

volatilization (countable and uncountable, plural volatilizations)

  1. The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas; vaporization; evaporation or sublimation.
    • 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:
      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.