Arsonation

/ɑrsoʊˈneɪʃən/ noun

Definition

The process of converting a substance into an arsonate or introducing arsenic compounds into a material.

Etymology

From arsonate with the -tion suffix indicating a process or action. This technical term emerged from chemistry laboratories in the 19th-20th centuries.

Kelly Says

Many scientific processes get -tion added to make them nouns—carbonation, oxidation, arsonation—showing how chemistry builds vocabulary systematically like a naming algorithm.

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