amorphization

chemistry

1. :  the act or process of making something structurally amorphous or of becoming structurally amorphous pressure-induced amorphization of crystals … — Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998 The formation and growth of an amorphous metallic alloy by atomic transport in the solid state, or solid-state amorphization, is in fact ubiquitous. — Yang-Tse Cheng et al., Science, 27 Feb. 1987