液えき状じょう化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

liquefaction; liquefy

Refers to the process of becoming liquid, especially in geology (soil liquefaction during earthquakes) or chemistry. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

• 地じ震しんで地じ盤ばんが液えき状じょう化かした。

  The ground liquefied due to the earthquake.

• 液えき状じょう化か現げん象しょうは埋うめ立たて地ちで起おこりやすい。

  Liquefaction phenomena are likely to occur on reclaimed land.