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Vaporization   /veɪpərəzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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Vaporization  n.  The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.






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"Vaporization" Quotes from Famous Books



... to justify his strange conclusion. It is perfectly true that in a vacuum of less than 4.6 mm. mercury pressure, no amount of heat will melt ice, all heat that can be conveyed to the ice being absorbed by vaporization. But before crediting the professor's further conclusion, that ice can be heated much above the freezing point, he must actually produce "hot ice," not only a hot vessel ...
— Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 • Various



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