Present participle of deoxidize; the act of removing oxygen or preventing oxidation from something.
From deoxidize + -ing (present participle suffix), showing an ongoing action of removing oxygen from materials.
The deoxidizing process in steelmaking is so critical that one tiny mistake can ruin a batch worth thousands of dollars—it's why metallurgists are specially trained in these precise chemical reactions.
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