adjective
- having undergone pyrolysis; decomposed by heat without oxygen
Usage: technical; chemistry
verb
- past tense and past participle of pyrolyze; subjected to pyrolysis (chemical decomposition by heat in the absence of oxygen)
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The wood was pyrolized at high temperatures to produce charcoal.
- Pyrolized biomass can be used as a soil amendment.
- The pyrolized material showed improved carbon content.
- Researchers pyrolized the plastic waste to recover valuable compounds.
- Pyrolized organic matter is more stable than its original form.