oxidization

Every time you put your fork in that ground and pull up soil, you're exposing it to oxidization, and that carbon just evaporates.

They are green with oxidization and would crumble if subjected to pressure.

One page had the faded traces of a drawing of the Virgin Mary, its spaces filled in with golden particles tinged green by oxidization, set opposite neat lines of Aramaic script.

“You want to get them processed and pressed quickly, to prevent oxidization and preserve the flavor,” Deford said.

“When coffee sits overnight, oxidization happens, and it gets bitter. That’s a bad thing to me.”