reducing atmosphere

collocation in English

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reduce
verb[I or T]
uk
/rɪˈdʒuːs/us
/rɪˈduːs/
to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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atmosphere
noun
uk
/ˈæt.mə.sfɪər/us
/ˈæt.mə.sfɪr/
the mixture of gases around ...
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(Definition ofreduceandatmospherefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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According to current understanding of atmospheric escape processes, such areducingatmosphere, however, would have enjoyed only a relatively short lifetime.
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Due to the absence of flux or areducingatmosphere, the part cleanliness is critical when brazing in a vacuum.
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Areducingatmosphereis also used in order to produce specific effects on ceramic wares being fired.
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In a properly regulated charcoal/coal fire, the air in and immediately around the fire should be areducingatmosphere.
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Areducingatmosphere, produced by limiting the flow of air into the kiln, can strip oxygen from the surface of clays and glazes.
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Thereducingatmospherein the retort allows the removal of sulfur and nitrogen compounds through the formation of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia.
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There thereducingatmospherereduced the ions back to metals, which then came together forming the nanoparticles that give the colour and optical effects.
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The cobalt-bearing concentrate is then mixed with lime and coal, and then melted in areducingatmosphere.
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Blithfield is an enstatite chondrite, a group of very unusual meteorites that were formed in a veryreducingatmosphere.
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This can affect the appearance of the wares being fired and, for example, some glazes containing iron fire brown in an oxidising atmosphere, but green in areducingatmosphere.
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An unconfirmed source states that they breathe a primordialreducingatmospheremainly composed of methane and ammonia, and are culturally paranoid, at least by human standards.
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In this use saggars are used to create a localisedreducingatmosphere, or concentrate the effects of salts, metal oxides and other materials on the surface of their ware.
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Slight modifications in the manufacturing process (the type ofreducingatmosphere, small variations of stoichiometry of the reagents, addition of carbon or rare-earth halides) can significantly influence the emission wavelengths.
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