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Vitrification

Scope note

To change into glass or a glassy substance by heat and fusion; especially to produce, as in ceramics, close crystallization by high firing to make the substance nonporous. W

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000124096

Broader Terms used

<physicochemical processes>

Equivalent Terms used

vitrified

Created

12yrs ago

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