noun
See vitrify
‘Current methods involve many solvent extraction cycles and vitrification after nitric acid treatment and evaporation.’
- ‘This is the earliest stage of the process known as vitrification.’
- ‘In the case of high-level waste, the nuclear industry has pioneered the stabilization of the liquid streams through vitrification into borosilicate glass blocks.’
- ‘Faience is a glass-like material, made by heating a paste consisting of sand or crushed quartz, an alkali such as plant ash, and a glaze, until vitrification occurs.’
- ‘But some researchers have developed a preservation technique called vitrification, essentially glassifying cells.’
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