enantiotrope
enantiotrope noun: a crystal that can undergo a reversible transformation when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.
Noun
enantiotrope (plural enantiotropes)
- A crystal that can undergo a reversible transformation when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.
- Since α-carbamazepine is a monotrope of γ-carbamazepine, and γ-carbamazepine is an enantiotrope of β-carbamazepine, the physical stability hierarchy depends on the transition temperature of β- and γ-carbamazepine.2004, Peter York, Uday B. Kompella, Boris Y. Shekunov, Supercritical Fluid Technology for Drug Product Development, page 288
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or differential thermal analysis (DTA) scans (Section 5.5.3) can be employed to distinguish an enantiotrope from a monotrope.2011, Gautam R. Desiraju, Jagadese J. Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystal Engineering, page 112
Forms of enantiotrope
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Questions about enantiotrope
- What does enantiotrope mean?
- Enantiotrope means a crystal that can undergo a reversible transformation when heated above, or cooled below, a transition-point temperature.
- What part of speech is enantiotrope?
- Enantiotrope is a noun.
- What is the plural of enantiotrope?
- The plural of enantiotrope is enantiotropes.
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