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recrystallisation

recrystallisation is the alternative spelling of recrystallization.

Meaning of recrystallization

Noun

recrystallization (countable and uncountable, plural recrystallizations)

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

Forms of recrystallisation

pluralrecrystallisations

Origin of recrystallisation

From re- + crystallisation.

Questions about recrystallisation

What is recrystallisation the alternative spelling of?
Recrystallisation is the alternative spelling of recrystallization.

Words near recrystallisation in the dictionary

  1. recrushed
  2. recrusher
  3. recrushers
  4. recrushes
  5. recrushing
  6. recrystallisation
  7. recrystallisations
  8. recrystallise
  9. recrystallised
  10. recrystallises
  11. recrystallising

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