🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

去增塑

Pronunciation / Transliteration: qù zēng sù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unplasticize/ʌnˈplæs.tɪ.saɪz/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该工艺用于去除聚合物中的增塑剂。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove a plasticizer from a material, or to treat a material so that it loses its plasticity and becomes rigid.

    "Over time, environmental exposure can unplasticize the polymer, causing the material to become brittle."
  2. 2

    To reverse the plasticization process in a substance.

    "The laboratory procedure attempts to unplasticize the compound to restore its original mechanical strength."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived by combining the English negative prefix un- with plasticize, which originates from the Greek plastikos (capable of being molded) via French. The term emerged in industrial chemistry during the mid-20th century to describe the reversal or removal of plasticizers from polymeric materials.

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