degasses

Expels trapped air

Degasses is the third-person singular of degas, meaning to remove dissolved or trapped gases from a liquid, solid, or enclosed space.

The process is common in industrial and scientific contexts: The technician degasses the cooling system before sealing it.

Vacuum chambers, molten metals, and laboratory samples are regularly degassed to prevent bubbles or contamination.

process

vacuum

Absence of matter

outgassing · stripping · purging · aeration · expulsion · release · liberation · emission · heating · agitation

metallurgy

smelting

Extracting metal from ore

metallurgy · furnace · foundry · casting · molten · ladle · melt · ingot · slag · porosity

beverages

carbonation

Gas dissolved in liquid

  • flatLacking vertical variation
  • sodaCarbonated soft drink
  • beerFermented grain drink

champagne · sparkling · fizz · bottling · decanting · swirling · uncorking · pouring · oxidation · wine

science

diffusion

Passive molecular spreading

thermodynamics · kinetics · solubility · adsorption · absorption · equilibrium · saturation · nucleation

equipment

chamber

Enclosed room or cavity

tank · vessel · seal · valve · gauge · getter · condenser

Opposites
gas content manipulation

degassescarbonates

Dissolves CO2 into liquid

aerates · gasses · oxygenates · charges · pressurizes

Family

degassing, degassed

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