1801 H. Davy in (Royal Soc.) 91 399 The wire from the non-oxidating surface.
1986 R. Manoliu & M. Negulescu tr. M. Negulescu x. 408 (caption) Flow diagram of a non-oxidating heat conditioning process.
2015 P. Sweeney (ed. 4) ix. 138 Ferritic Nitrocarburizing... Passivation is a process where the bonding sites where oxidation may occur have already been appropriated by a neutral, non-oxidating element.