Peritectoid

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Peritectoid is a type of isothermal reversible reaction that have two solid phases reacting with each other upon cooling of a binary, ternary, ... , n\! alloy to create a completely different and single solid phase.[1] The reaction plays a key role in the order and decomposition of quasicrystalline phases in several alloy types.[2]

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  1. ^ IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version. "Peritectoid Reaction" Retrieved May 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Numerical Model of Peritectoid Transformation. Peritectoid Transformation Retrieved May 22, 2007.

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