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DEVITRIFICATION
DEVITRIFICATION
De
*vit `
ri
*
fi
*
ca
"tion, n.
Defn:
The
act
or
process
of
devitrifying,
or
the
state
of
being
devitrified.
Specifically,
the
conversion
of
molten
glassy
matter
into
a
stony
mass
by
slow
cooling,
the
result
being
the
formation
of
crystallites, microbites,
etc.
,
in
the
glassy
base,
which
are
then
called
devitrification
products.
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