liquefaction
Turning to liquid
Liquefaction is the process of becoming liquid or making something liquid.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: natural gas undergoes liquefaction for transport, and during earthquakes, soil liquefaction occurs when waterlogged ground loses its solidity and behaves like a fluid, causing buildings to sink or tilt.
The earthquake triggered widespread liquefaction in the coastal areas.
Pliable waterproof substance
- butterSolid fat from cream
- chocolateSweet from cacao seeds
- candleWax stick with wick
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
ice · fondue · lava · magma · smelting · thaw · defrost · gelatin
Seismic ground movement
- soilGround matter for planting
- sandFine rock particles
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- siltWaterborne earth particles
saturation · shaking · subsidence · foundation · groundwater · settlement · quicksand · consolidation
Cooled gas for transport
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- cryogenicExtremely low temperature
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
propane · nitrogen · oxygen · hydrogen · helium · compression · cooling · refrigeration
Combustible sedimentary rock
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- pyrolysisHeat-driven molecular breakdown
- hydrothermalHot water underground
conversion · biofuel · feedstock · petroleum · slurry · processing · refinery · carbonization
Spinning to separate densities
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- sonicationSound-based particle agitation
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
- blendingCombining into uniformity
tissue · sample · extraction · preparation · disruption · processing · suspension · reagent
wax
Pliable waterproof substance
glacier · ice · fondue · lava · magma · smelting · thaw · defrost · gelatin · fat
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
silt · saturation · shaking · subsidence · foundation · groundwater · settlement · quicksand · consolidation · porosity
LNG
Cooled gas for transport
tanker · propane · nitrogen · oxygen · hydrogen · helium · compression · cooling · refrigeration · enthalpy
coal
Combustible sedimentary rock
- gasificationConverting carbon materials to vapor
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- pyrolysisHeat-driven molecular breakdown
hydrothermal · conversion · biofuel · feedstock · petroleum · slurry · processing · refinery · carbonization · extraction
centrifugation
Spinning to separate densities
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- sonicationSound-based particle agitation
- emulsificationDispersing one liquid in another
blending · tissue · sample · extraction · preparation · disruption · processing · suspension · reagent · protocol
- seismologyearthquake, earthquakes, seismograph, seismicity, seismometer
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- meltingice melting, thaw, snow melting, melt, cheese melting
- Earth processesplate tectonics, erosion, weathering, volcanism, sedimentation
- ChristchurchChristchurch, Sumner, Hornby, Shirley, Belfast
- decompositiondecomposition, rot, rotting, autolysis, putrefaction
liquefactionsolidification
Transition to firm state
freezing · crystallization · hardening · congealing · coagulation
liquefactionconsolidation
Combining into unified whole
rigidification · stabilization · compaction · strengthening · firming
- soil liquefactionEarthquake-triggered ground failure
liquid, liquor, liquefy, liquidate, liquidation, liquify, liquefied, deliquesce, liquefying