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Definition of Passivate
1. Verb. (chemistry) to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface by applying a coating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Passivate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Literary usage of Passivate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2003)
"Argon gas can also be used to back-fill the NEG canister, but it will not passivate
the NEG material. Argon will act simply as a heavy cover gas to blanket ..."
2. U. S. Dual-Use Exports to Iraq and Their Impact on the Health of the Persian by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"As mentioned above, fuming red nitric acid is not reactive towards passivate*!
aluminum or stainless steel (or other chromium-steel alloys). ..."
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