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Definition of Oxidization
1. Noun. The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction.
Specialized synonyms: Calcination, Burning, Combustion, Nitrification, Rust, Rusting
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reaction, Reaction
Derivative terms: Oxidate, Oxidate, Oxidise, Oxidise, Oxidize, Oxidize
Definition of Oxidization
1. Noun. oxidation ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxidization
Literary usage of Oxidization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam, Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1913)
"the metal of the boiler, the oxygen of the air causing oxidization of the boiler
metal and the formation of rust. The particle of rust thus formed is swept ..."
2. Tea Culture: The Experiment in South Carolina by Charles Upham Shepard (1899)
"... specially designed machinery for rolling and drying leaf in vacuo, ie, in a
chamber from whicli the air has been pumped in order to prevent oxidization. ..."
3. The Absorption Spectra of Solutions of Comparatively Rare Salts Including by Harry Clary Jones, William Walker Strong (1911)
"In the case photographed the alcoholic solution had a very great ultra-violet,
violet, and blue absorption after the oxidization had taken place. ..."
4. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 by International Electrical Congress (1905)
"The broadening of metallic lines seems to indicate an oxidization. One can conceive
of a loading of the metallic molecule by various degrees of oxidization ..."
5. Transactions of the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, 1904 (1905)
"That an oxidization results from a discharge of electricity in glass or quartz
tubes filled even with apparently dry hydrogen seems to me to be evident from ..."
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