vitrification
nounUK /ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione.
1
Usually Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.
- At this point overfiring begins, as is shown particularly by the volume curve, which indicates decided bloating, so that at 1450°C the clay has about the same volume it had at 1050°C before vitrification took place.1919, United States. Bureau of Standards, Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 15:
2
An instance of such conversion.
3
The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.
- Antonyms
- crystallization
- Related terms
- vitrify, vitrifacture, vitreous, petrification
- Hyponyms
- glassification