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The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized.

The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidation. [R.]

Act, process, or result of peroxidizing; oxidation to a peroxide.

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

A colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain of oxidation.

ntaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.

An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.

na. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, pertaining a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Aluminium bronze or gold, a pale gold- colored alloy of aluminium and copper, used for journal bearings, etc.…

A hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.

A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

to corrosion by air, moisture, or ordinary acids). This is accomplished by producing, by oxidation at about 1600º F. in a closed space, a coating containing more or less of the ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and the subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosphere to the magnetic oxide (Fe2O4).

codylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen.

The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

eing rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

m, camphor. Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor.

or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet"ic (#), a.

ing ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

ane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.

Deoxidation.