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Definition of Carbonizes
1. carbonize [v] - See also: carbonize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonizes
Literary usage of Carbonizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handcuffs for Alcoholism by George Zurcher (1890)
"ALCOHOL carbonizes THE BLOOD. The process of the oxygenation of the blood is
retarded by alcohol. An accumulation of carbon is the result. ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The gas evolved in this case is oxygen.. The Substance carbonizes.—If the substance
carbonizes, or chars, it shows the presence of organic matter. ..."
3. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"With an excessive oil feed the excess oil burns and carbonizes. ... The spindle
becomes overheated and carbonizes what little oil it gets. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1893)
"(a) Bees-wax at a temperature below 100° C. carbonizes, and above that temperature
... (b) Japan wax carbonizes at a lower temperature, and the same with ..."
5. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"... the wick is properly moistened, but when the greater part of the oil is burned,
the wick is less completely imbued with oil, and it carbonizes. ..."
6. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1917)
"White, granular powder; cooling saline taste ¡soluble in 1.3 parts of water;
insoluble in alcohol; carbonizes at red heat, leaving a residue of carbonate. ..."
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