graphitization

9.3

To change a material into graphite by heat and pressure

noun
/ɡræfɪtəˈzeɪʃən/

Specialized

: grafitización

High temperatures and pressure can facilitate the graphitization of carbon-based materials.

Examples

Through graphitization, the material was transformed into a form of graphite suitable for electrodes.
The scientist studied the graphitization process to improve the production of synthetic diamonds.
This makes me think prolonged irradiation of graphite will make it diamond-like, significantly denser, and prolonged irradiation of diamond would make it swell through partial graphitization, and they would meet in the middle.

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How Carbonized

graphitization

Specialized

9.3

carbonization

Specialized

1 9.6

to char

53 4.6

browning

1 3.3

Surface Forms

graphitization singular

graphitizations plural

Morphology

graphitization = graphitize (transparent) = graphite + ize + ation

Formed by a regular denominal/verbal derivation (graphite → graphitize) plus the noun-forming suffix '-ation', so the meaning 'process of making graphite' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Graphitization comes from graphite, the dark material used in pencils, and the ending -ization, which means 'the process of'. The name graphite itself comes from the Greek word graphein, which means 'to write', because people used it for writing, so graphitization means the process of turning something into graphite, for example, pencil lead, by heat and pressure.