oxidizable, a. Chem.
(ˈɒksɪdaɪzəb(ə)l)
Also oxy-.
[f. oxidize v. + -able.]
Capable of being oxidized; capable of combining with oxygen so as to form an oxide or oxygen-compound.
| 1802 Chenevix in Phil. Trans. XCII. 336 The easily oxidizable metals cannot be employed. 1869 T. L. Phipson tr. Guillemin's The Sun (1870) 44 The chlorides, bromides, and iodides of metals not easily oxydisable. 1885 [see oxidation 1]. |
Hence ˌoxidizaˈbility.
| 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. (ed. 6) 301 Those peculiarities by which it is distinguished from other fats, e.g. easier oxidizability. 1884 Athenæum 8 Mar. 314/3 Researches on the oxidizability of iron and steel. |