Definition of Corrosiveness

1. Noun. The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) Such property in some immaterial agent. ¹

3. Noun. Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Corrosiveness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrosiveness

corrody
corrolate
corrosibilities
corrosibility
corrosible
corrosibleness
corrosion
corrosion casting
corrosion of tissue
corrosions
corrosive
corrosive of tissue
corrosive sublimate
corrosive ulcer
corrosively
corrosiveness (current term)
corrosivenesses
corrosives
corrosivity
corroval
corrovaline
corrugant
corrugate
corrugated
corrugated board
corrugated cardboard
corrugated fastener
corrugated iron
corrugates
corrugating

Literary usage of Corrosiveness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"The corrosiveness, viscidity, and weight of oil of vitriol, render the first two methods ineligible ; whereas, by a ball floating in a liquid, ..."

2. Copper Smelting by Henry Marion Howe (1885)
"The corrosiveness of slag is a point which requires much attention in the reverberatory smelting, since the bottom and more especially the sides of the ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Testing for corrosiveness.—It is a good plan to test the feedwater and also the water in the boiler occasionally for corrosiveness. ..."

4. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"But when the bladder is already getting distended by its inflow, or urged by corrosiveness to pass it, the transverse fibers the bladder contains contract, ..."

5. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"However, labels do include "signal words," which give an idea of the pesticide's toxicity or corrosiveness (ability to damage the eyes, nasal passages, ..."

6. Economic Geology by Charles Henry Richardson (1913)
"Many alloys of aluminum containing 10 per cent. or less of copper are widely used where lightness, strength and non-corrosiveness are desired. ..."

7. Boiler-waters, Scale, Corrosion, Foaming by William Wallace Christie (1906)
"... of 0.315 grain per square inch, while when the water was made alkaline the loss was reduced to 0.1 grain.f Method of Testing Water for corrosiveness. ..."

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