Deoxidizes vs Reoxidizes - What's the difference?
deoxidizes | reoxidizes |
(deoxidize)
(chemistry) To remove oxygen from.
(reoxidize)
(chemistry) To oxidize again, or to become oxidized again, after a period of reduction
*{{quote-book, 2001, Vince Pitelka, Clay: A Studio Handbook
, passage=Anywhere the glaze is thin, the iron oxide molecules are exposed to this atmosphere and will reoxidize to red ferric iron oxide.}}
As verbs the difference between deoxidizes and reoxidizes
is that deoxidizes is (deoxidize) while reoxidizes is (reoxidize).deoxidizes
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Verb
(head)deoxidize
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Verb
(deoxidiz)reoxidizes
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Verb
(head)reoxidize
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Alternative forms
*reoxidiseVerb
(reoxidiz)citation