liquefactions
Solids turning fluid
Liquefactions is the plural of liquefaction, 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.
Solid-to-liquid transition
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- phase changeMatter switching physical states
- fluidityState of flowing freely
viscosity · heating · transition · fusion · softening · temperature · transformation · molecular
Ground matter for planting
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
subsidence · saturated · quicksand · groundwater · silt · landslide · clay · sandy
Localized cell death
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
gangrene · pathology · cellular · autopsy · hemorrhagic · inflammatory · softening · lesion
Subterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- LNGCooled gas for transport
- hydrogenSimplest atomic element
- nitrogenElement seven, colorless gas
- cryogenicExtremely low temperature
refrigeration · storage · compression · tanker · gasification · coal · propane · processing
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- thawingFrozen matter liquefying
- phase changeMatter switching physical states
fluidity · viscosity · heating · transition · fusion · softening · temperature · transformation · molecular · state change
soil
Ground matter for planting
- earthquakeSeismic ground movement
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- foundationUnderlying support structure
seismic · subsidence · saturated · quicksand · groundwater · silt · landslide · clay · sandy · settlement
necrosis
Localized cell death
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
putrefaction · gangrene · pathology · cellular · autopsy · hemorrhagic · inflammatory · softening · lesion · abscess
natural gas
Subterranean hydrocarbon fuel
cryogenic · refrigeration · storage · compression · tanker · gasification · coal · propane · processing · distillation
liquefactionssolidifications
Acts of becoming firm
freezings · crystallizations · vaporizations · evaporations · coagulations
- soil liquefactionEarthquake-triggered ground failure