Definition of "deoxidizing" []

• Present participle of deoxidize. (verb)

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• "They are not dissipated by heat, and give a violet colour to the deoxidizing flame of the blowpipe."
• "By this means the resistance is increased fully nine per cent., probably in the same way as the copper, that is, by the deoxidizing effect of the manganese, as both the copper and the tin are always more or less oxidized in ordinary bronzes."
• "Such results show beyond contradiction the great interest there is in economically producing alloys of copper, manganese, tin, zinc, etc. In addition, they may be added to metallic fusions, for deoxidizing and also to communicate to the commercial alloys (such as bronze, brass, etc.) the greatest degree of resistance and tenacity."