Definition of Pyrochemical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures.

Partainyms: Chemical
Derivative terms: Pyrochemistry

Definition of Pyrochemical

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Of, related to, or produced by chemical reactions at elevated temperatures. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrochemical

pyroarsenic acid
pyroaurite
pyrobelonite
pyroborate
pyroborates
pyroboric
pyroboric acid
pyrocarbonate
pyrocarbonates
pyrocatechin
pyrocatechol
pyrocatechols
pyrocellulose
pyroceram
pyrocerams
pyrochemical (current term)
pyrochemical process
pyrochemically
pyrochemistry
pyrochlore
pyrochlores
pyrochloric
pyrochroite
pyrocitric
pyroclast
pyroclastic
pyroclastic flow
pyroclastic flows
pyroclastic rock
pyroclastic surge

Literary usage of Pyrochemical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electric Arc Phenomena by Ewald Ferdinand Wilhelm Rasch (1913)
"The Use of Electric Arcs for pyrochemical Oxidizing Processes. On account of the extraordinarily strong reducing action which is characteristic of ..."

2. Pyrology: Or Fire Chemistry; a Science Interesting to the General by William Alexander Ross (1875)
"pyrochemical MANIPULATION.—Although part of the information under this head has been already given under that of Materiel, &c., it will be better to repeat ..."

3. Plutonium Processing In The Nuclear Weapons Complex (1992)
"pyrochemical processing does not involve water and is carried out at higher ... pyrochemical processing was developed more recently but has been in use for ..."

4. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"Materials for pyrochemical Processing of Irradiated Nuclear Fuels—Innovative grant applications are sought for the investigation and development of ..."

5. The Production of Chromium and Its Compounds by the Aid of the Electric Current by Max Julius Louis Le Blanc (1904)
"Since a pyrochemical solution is aimed at, great care must be taken that the ores, gangue and furnace lining are so chosen, that a fluid mass containing the ..."

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