OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22373

pyrolysis

/paɪˈɹɒlɪsɪs/
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pirólisis
The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.
Techniques that have successfully identified ionic intermediates in solution have been applied to gas-phase pyrolyses.
Twenty years ago our real understanding of the mechanism of alkane pyrolyses was little better than rudimentary.
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