thermolysis
Heat-induced chemical splitting
Thermolysis is chemical decomposition caused by heat.
The term appears in chemistry for reactions where high temperatures break molecular bonds, and in medicine for the body's dissipation of heat through sweating and other cooling mechanisms.
Thermolysis of biomass produces synthetic gas.
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- gradientRate of change across space
insulation · equilibrium · flux · dissipation · absorption · emission · entropy · diffusion
Heat-driven molecular breakdown
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- lysisCell membrane rupture
degradation · disintegration · cracking · depolymerization · scission · radiolysis · photolysis · electrolysis
Converting carbon materials to vapor
- biocharCharred biomass soil amendment
- carbonizationConversion to char
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
- reformingMaking institutional changes
calcination · reactor · catalyst · refining · processing · petrochemical · biomass · feedstock
Moisture through pores
- perspirationFluid from exertion
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
- thermoregulationMaintaining stable internal heat
hyperthermia · fever · cooling · skin · panting · transpiration · homeostasis · metabolic
conduction
Heat transfer through contact
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
gradient · insulation · equilibrium · flux · dissipation · absorption · emission · entropy · diffusion · cooling
pyrolysis
Heat-driven molecular breakdown
- dissociationMental separation from surroundings
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
lysis · degradation · disintegration · cracking · depolymerization · scission · radiolysis · photolysis · electrolysis · proteolysis
gasification
Converting carbon materials to vapor
- biocharCharred biomass soil amendment
- carbonizationConversion to char
- crackingBreaking without separating completely
reforming · calcination · reactor · catalyst · refining · processing · petrochemical · biomass · feedstock · waste-to-energy
sweating
Moisture through pores
- perspirationFluid from exertion
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- vasodilationRelaxation of vessel walls
thermoregulation · hyperthermia · fever · cooling · skin · panting · transpiration · homeostasis · metabolic · hypothalamus
- chemical reactionscondensation, combustion, oxidation, oxidation-reduction, esterification
- hair removalepilator, tweezers, shaving cream, razor blade, razor blades
- thermo- wordsthermometer, thermostat, thermos, thermodynamics, thermocouple
- bond breakingbond breaking, bond cleavage, cleavage, dissociation, fission
- chemical breakdowndecomposition, pyrolysis, combustion, photolysis, electrolysis
- lysiscytolysis, hemolysis, autolysis, glycolysis, proteolysis
thermal, hydrolysis, hydrolyze, isothermal, exothermic, endothermic, hydrolyzed, hydrolyzing