vitrioliˈzation
[f. next + -ation.]
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a vitriol.
| 1757 tr. Henckel's Pyritol. 109 The vitriolisation of pyrites. 1782 Kirwan in Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 74 As Mr. Monnet has observed in his excellent Treatise on Vitriolization. 1804 Ibid. XCIV. 318 The magnetical pyrites..seems to be liable to oxidizement, but not to vitriolization. |