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Definition of Devitrifies
1. devitrify [v] - See also: devitrify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devitrifies
Literary usage of Devitrifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1847)
"... the latter alkali is apt to make a glass which devitrifies and becomes
opalescent, by long exposure to heat in the annealing process. ..."
2. Chemistry in the Service of Man by Alexander Findlay (1916)
"... the glassy quartz passes into the crystalline form, it " devitrifies," and
can then no longer withstand, as before, sudden changes of temperature. ..."
3. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"Bottle and window glass devitrifies easily, and unless the contents of the pots
are rapidly worked ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1908)
"When glass is cooled at the usual relatively rapid rate, it remains apparently
a single solid solution; when it is cooled slowly enough it devitrifies, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Gullet and other waste glass is powdered, pressed into a mould and maintained at
a red heat until it devitrifies. Tempering. Attempts have been made to ..."
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