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outgas

Verb

Meaning

outgas (third-person singular simple present outgases or outgasses, present participle outgassing, simple past and past participle outgassed)

To release gaseous substances into the air, especially of a polymer material as it is aged or heated.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

So above 550 °C, calcium carbonate begins to outgas CO 2 into air. Source: Internet

When such oxygen sinks became saturated, free oxygen began to outgas from the oceans 3–2.7 billion years ago, reaching 10% of its present level around 1.7 billion years ago. Source: Internet

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