mineralize in English
verb
1
convert (organic matter) wholly or partly into a mineral or inorganic material or structure.
The rate at which nitrogen is mineralized from the soil organic matter pool is an important rate-limiting step in the cycling of nitrogen in terrestrial systems.
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1. Chitin vs keratin, both fluctuate to some degree in their mechanical properties; specifically, a few shellfish mineralize their Chitinous exoskeletons to make them harder and stiffer