volatilization


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vol·a·til·ize

(vŏl′ə-tl-īz′)
intr. & tr.v. vol·a·til·ized, vol·a·til·iz·ing, vol·a·til·iz·es
1. To become or make volatile.
2. To evaporate or cause to evaporate.

vol′a·til·iz′a·ble adj.
vol′a·til·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
vol′a·til·iz′er n.
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The Iranian spokesman urged the international community, specially the United Nations, to stand against the Zionist regime's measures which have led to "the volatilization of the region and the whole world".
Fan XH, Li YC, Alva AK (2011) Effects of temperature and soil type on ammonia volatilization from slow-release nitrogen fertilizers.
The organic N is converted to ammoniacal under anaerobic and aerobic conditions, with the reduction of ammoniacal nitrogen concentrations contributing to the reduction of total nitrogen, and the temperature and pH have an impact on the bioactivity and volatilization processes.
When assessing chemical exposure at Superfund sites, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) sometimes encounters volatilization of chemicals from household water, a pathway that might have a significant impact on families.
A statement issued by Baghdad Operations Command said that "a stun bomb exploded on Sunday evening in the first market of al-Husseiniya area, which was placed under one of streets' vendors places, injuring four people with very minor injuries due to the volatilization of some materials as a result of the bomb." A security source announced earlier today that one person was killed and four citizens were wounded by an explosive device north of Baghdad./ End
Nevertheless, it has limitations with respect to superficial application, due to the high losses through ammonia (N[H.sub.3]) volatilization. In this case, using urease inhibitors is an efficient alternative to reduce the losses through N[H.sub.3] volatilization and increase N use efficiency (Soares et al., 2012).
'Another way pesticides can spread and cause potential harm is by volatilization. Volatilization occurs when a pesticide turns into a gas or vapor after it has been sprayed, allowing it to travel through the air and spread to different pieces of land'.
The largest pathway of N loss is ammonia volatilization, which is not only of public concern for its adverse impacts on health and the environment [4], but also represents a loss of N from organic fertilizers [5,6].
Among specific topics are ethanol fermentation microbiology based on a sugar platform, biomass flash volatilization experiments and data processing, bio-oil steam reforming for hydrogen production, producing oxygenated liquid fuel with the aqueous-phase catalytic conversion of biomass, characteristics of municipal solid waste outside China, and the application and functional extension of microbial fuel cells.
Additionally, the use of the aerators in the daylight can reduce the concentrations of ammonia by volatilization (Gross, Boyd, & Wood, 2000), as well as it can prevent the dangerous oversaturation of water with D[O.sub.2].
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