A term that is sometimes used in metallurgy for the
martensitic transition that describes the transition between a face-centred-cubic lattice and a body-centred-tetragonal lattice. Example: The transition between the face-centred-cubic lattice of austenite and the body-centred-tetragonal lattice of a martensite.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577
(Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 579
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
