vitrify
Example Sentences
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The plant will vitrify much of the 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste in underground tanks, some filled with waste as early as the 1940s.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
The process to vitrify waste at Hanford is highly complex and involves multiple steps.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
Initially, the vitrification plant will glassify the least radioactive waste in the tanks, with plans still being made to vitrify the high-level radioactive tank waste.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The sulphate and carbonate of barytes were the fluxes originally used to vitrify the body of the jasper ware, and on this account it ought to be classified with the stoneware.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
