TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE. Fracture through or across the crystals or grains of a metal. Also called transcrystalline fracture or intracrystalline fracture.
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ACICULAR FERRITE. A highly substructed nonequaixed ferrite formed upon continuous cooling by a mixed diffusion and shear mode of transformation that begins at […]
SOLID SOLUTION. A single, solid, homogenous crystalline phase containing two or more chemical species.