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dezincing

dezincing

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Removal of zinc from metal, often making brass weak
  • noun
  • /dɪˈzɪŋkɪŋ/
  • Specialized
: desincado
  • The dezincing process is essential for recycling certain metals.

Examples

  • The old brass fittings suffered from dezincing after years of water exposure.

  • Engineers tested the pipes for signs of dezincing to ensure their durability.

  • Proper coating can help prevent dezincing in metal plumbing systems.

  • Many industries rely on dezincing to improve material quality.

  • The dezincing process helps produce cleaner metal for recycling.

  • After dezincing the alloys, the factory was able to reuse the metals efficiently.

  • The engineers developed a method for dezincing that improves the quality of recycled materials.

Surface Forms

dezincing singular
dezincings plural

Morphology

dezincing = dezinc (transparent) = de + zinc + ing

Adding '-ing' to the verb 'dezinc' straightforwardly forms a noun for the process or activity.

Etymology

Dezincing is made of de- meaning 'remove' and zinc, the metal, so it simply means taking zinc away from a metal or alloy, which is exactly the process the word describes.