recrystallization

About 0.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

recrystallisation decrystallization microrecrystallization crystallurgy fractional crystallization decrystallisation cryptocrystallization recrystallometry crystalliser crystallization

Often followed by

of from and temperature is in process texture during

Word family

recrystallizations recrystallize recrystallized recrystallizes recrystallizing