recrystallization
Meanings
noun
- A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals.
- The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size.
- The growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling.
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From re- + crystallization.
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