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pyrolysis

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005324

A chemical change brought about by heat alone (exposure to high temperatures) in the absence of oxygen. Can lead to substances of smaller molecular weight or larger molecular weight than the original compound.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005324
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsothermal degradation; heat treatment; pyrolysis gas chromatography
TranslationsSpanish: pirólisis
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005324",
  "term": "pyrolysis",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A chemical change brought about by heat alone (exposure to high temperatures) in the absence of oxygen. Can lead to substances of smaller molecular weight or larger molecular weight than the original compound.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "thermal degradation",
    "heat treatment",
    "pyrolysis gas chromatography"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "pirólisis"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/pyrolysis/"
}

Record 5,324 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.