incrustation Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌɪn.krʌsˈteɪ.ʃən]
  • Us [ ˌɪn.krʌsˈteɪ.ʃən]

Meaning of incrustation In English

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Examples of incrustation

  • How do you maintain wave-power generators in the open sea against incrustation by marine growth and the general corrosion of sea water?

  • Further work is needed to establish how much investment is required to overcome dereliction in water mains including the removal of incrustation from pipes and the remedying of corrosion.

  • Secondary weathering incrustations of erythrite, hydrated cobalt arsenate, are common.

  • The remains were very poorly preserved but the upper canines were both decorated with pyrite incrustations.

  • The walls of the cave are smooth and dark, with rare incrustations of calcium carbonate appearing.

  • Siliceous sinter is a deposit of opaline or amorphous silica which appears as incrustations near hot springs and geysers.

  • It occurs as fumarolic incrustations in volcanic environments, as small crystals and masses in evaporite deposits and in guano deposits.

  • Both forms have a thin incrustation on their walls that gives them a rough appearance when viewed with a light microscope.

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