| 释义 |
glassify, v.|ˈglɑːsɪfaɪ, ˈglæs-|
[f. glass n.1 + -ify.]
trans. To vitrify (nuclear waste) for convenience of handling and storage.
1975Economist 25 Oct. 90/2 BNFL would, he stressed, reserve the right to renege on the contract if a process to ‘glassify’ the wastes..is not perfected in the meantime. 1980Christian Science Monitor 8 Feb. 4/2 Since 1978, France has taken the lead in waste disposal by operating..the first industrial-scale procedure to ‘glassify’ or ‘vitrify’ nuclear wastes. 1986Sunday Express Mag. 31 Aug. 18/2 A vitrification plant is being built at Sellafield which–if it works–will glassify the hot liquid waste and turn it into more easily manageable glass blocks.
Hence ˈglassified ppl. a., ˈglassifying vbl. n.
1976Dumfries & Galloway Standard 25 Dec. 12/2 The proposal concerning possible burial of glassified nuclear wastes in Galloway. 1978Nature 3 Aug. 413/1 Glassified waste may devitrify when exposed to ground water at high temperature and pressure. 1984Nuclear News Nov. 121/1 When will the United States produce the glassified highlevel waste for which a disposal facility would be designed? 1986Jap. Technical Abstr. I. viii. 75/2 The physiochemical properties of the compounds (as in boiling, melting, and glassifying temperatures). |