gasifies

Turns to vapor

Gasifies is the third-person singular present tense of gasify, meaning to convert a solid or liquid substance into gas.

Industrial processes gasify coal or biomass to produce fuel gases, and the term appears in chemistry and engineering contexts.

The reactor gasifies organic waste at high temperatures.

More loosely, something gasifies when it evaporates or dissipates into the air.

physical

vaporizes

Converts to gaseous state

pressurizes · expands · disperses · dissipates · diffuses · volatilizes · sublimation · evaporation · steam · vapor

chemical

vaporizes

Converts to gaseous state

aerates · converts · transforms · reacts · oxidizes · combusts · decomposes · dissociates · atomizes · nebulizes

industrial

coal

Combustible sedimentary rock

plant · process · fuel · energy · production · conversion · technology · pyrolysis · turbine · generator

Opposites
phase transition direction

gasifiescondenses

Reduces to essentials

liquefies · solidifies · freezes · crystallizes · precipitates

state stability

gasifiesstabilizes

Makes firm or steady

preserves

molecular dispersion vs. aggregation

gasifiescondenses

Reduces to essentials

compresses · concentrates · aggregates · coalesces · clumps

Phrases
Family

gasification, gasified, gasifiers

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