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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mineralize .
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A compostable material is a material which undergoes physical, chemical, thermal and/or biological degradation in a composting facility such that it enters into and is physically indistinguishable from the finished compost and which ultimately mineralizes (biodegrades to carbon dioxide, water and biomass as new microorganisms) at a rate like that of known compostable materials in solid waste such as paper and yard waste.
Composting 2007
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Experts believe carbon dioxide used in enhanced oil recovery can be stored permanently underground because over time it is absorbed in brine and eventually mineralizes into a more stable form.
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Models had suggested that if one pumps coal plant CO2 deep into rock, it eventually mineralizes into solid carbonates - much better, common sense said, than if it dissolved into ground water and thus had the mobility to work its way back up.
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15 July - Following up from the integration and reprocessing of magnetic data the announced that drilling had confirmed the potential structural and mineralizes continuity of the Palito gold deposit and the Currutela gold discovery, a distance of some 2km.
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