vitrify

v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

v.tr.
To change or make into glass or a glassy substance, especially through heat fusion.

v.intr.
To become vitreous.

[French vitrifier, from Medieval Latin vitrificāre : Latin vitrum, glass + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

vitrifiability vit'ri·fi'a·bil'i·ty n.
vitrifiable vit'ri·fi'a·ble adj.
vitrification vit'ri·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.

(vit′rifikā′shən)
n

The act, instance, art, or process of converting dental porcelain (frit) to a glassy substance; the process of becoming vitreous by heat and fusion.

Of a clay product, the condition resulting when kiln temperatures are sufficient to fuse grains and close the surface pores, making the mass impervious.

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The formation of glassy material in a ceramic body resulting from firing at a high temperature, 800°C or more, depending on the clay constituents.

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