Definition of oxidize

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Oxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid..

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Pittacal :: Pittacal (n.) A dark blue substance obtained from wood tar. It consists of hydrocarbons which when oxidized form the orange-yellow eupittonic compounds, the salts of which are dark blue..
Deoxidate :: Deoxidate (v. t.) To deoxidize.
Oxidize :: Oxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen or with more oxygen; to add oxygen to; as, to oxidize nitrous acid so as to form nitric acid..
Protoxidize :: Protoxidize (v. t.) To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide..
Oxygenize :: Oxygenize (v. t.) To oxidize.
Oxidate :: Oxidate (v. t.) To oxidize.
Deoxidizer :: Deoxidizer (n.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer..
Oxidized :: Oxidized (imp. & p. p.) of Oxidiz.
Tin :: Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). At
Deoxygenize :: Deoxygenize (v. t.) To deoxidize.
Inoxidizable :: Inoxidizable (a.) Incapable of being oxidized; as, gold and platinum are inoxidizable in the air..
Peroxidize :: Peroxidize (v. t.) To oxidize to the utmost degree, so as to form a peroxide..
Oxidizable :: Oxidizable (a.) Capable of being oxidized.
Deoxygenate :: Deoxygenate (v. t.) To deoxidize.
Disoxygenate :: Disoxygenate (v. t.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize.
Oxidize :: Oxidize (v. t.) To remove hydrogen from (anything), as by the action of oxygen; as, to oxidize alcohol so as to form aldehyde..
Oxidation :: Oxidation (n.) The act or process of oxidizing, or the state or result of being oxidized..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring to the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of, hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from their ores; -- opposed to oxidize..
Perchromic :: Perchromic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a certain one of the highly oxidized compounds of chromium, which has a deep blue color, and is produced by the action of hydrogen peroxide..
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