decrepitate
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The bulb is also a convenient little instrument for the purpose of heating those substances which phosphoresce, and likewise those salts that decrepitate.
Muffle furnaces are suitable for fine ores which are liable to decrepitate or sinter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
The crystals are in the form of small cubes and contain no water of crystallization; some water is, however, held in cavities in the crystals and causes the salt to decrepitate when heated.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William
About one part of sulphuric acid is sufficient to decompose two parts of decrepitated sea-salt.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
