eutectoid

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing the phase-change reaction of an alloy in which, on cooling, a single solid phase transforms into two other solid phases.
2. noun An alloy of a composition that undergoes the eutectoid transformation.

Similar words

cementite morphotropic proeutectoid diaplectic hypereutectoid hypereutectic intermetallic metallochromic martensitic allotropic

Often followed by

steel composition temperature reaction steels transformation point decomposition ferrite