The chemical process of removing acid or reducing acidity from something, commonly used in paper preservation and environmental remediation.
From de- (remove) + acid + -ification (process noun). Developed as a technical term in 20th-century conservation and chemistry.
Old books turn brown and crumbly because of acid—deacidification is how museums rescue ancient documents by literally removing the poison eating them away.
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