oxidate,
oxidise,
oxidize enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide; "This metal oxidizes easily"
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
benficiate subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores"
pole deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole