Ablation

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  • Ablation
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  • The process of removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. The term occurs in spaceflight associated with atmospheric reentry, in glaciology, medicine, and passive fire protection.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Ablation (Latin: ablatio – removal) is removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes or by other means. Examples of ablative materials are described below, and include spacecraft material for ascent and atmospheric reentry, ice and snow in glaciology, biological tissues in medicine and passive fire protection materials.

    アブレーションとは材料の表面が蒸発、昇華、熱分解によって吸熱する現象である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ablation)