dephosphorizev.
/diːˈfɒsfərʌɪz/ transitive. To deprive of or free from phosphorus.
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1878 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) IV. 451 Without attempting to dephosphorize the ore more completely.
1879 Daily News 31 Dec. 5/4 [This] so effectually dephosphorises the Cleveland ore as to allow it to be manufactured into steel.
Derivatives
deˈphosphorized adj.
deˈphosphorizing n.
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1883 Athenæum 24 Feb. 253/1 The slag obtained in the basic dephosphorizing process.
dephosphoriˈzation n. the process of freeing from phosphorus.
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1878 Rep. Annual Meeting of Iron & Steel Inst. The dephosphorization of iron.
1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 819/1 The dephosphorization process, by which phosphoric pig-iron can be converted into steel.
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