乾かん食しょく

noun

dry rot

Refers to decay of wood or other organic material caused by fungi in dry conditions, as opposed to wet rot.

• この古ふるい家いえの柱はしらには乾かん食しょくが見みられる。

  Dry rot can be seen in the pillars of this old house.

noun

dry corrosion

Technical term for corrosion occurring without the presence of liquid water, often in high-temperature environments. Contrasts with 湿食 (wet corrosion).

See also: 湿食

• 高こう温おんでの金きん属ぞくの乾かん食しょくは、湿しっ食しょくとは異ことなるメカニズムで進しん行こうする。

  Dry corrosion of metals at high temperatures proceeds by a different mechanism than wet corrosion.