cooperative transition

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A transition that involves a simultaneous, collective displacement or change of state of the atoms and/or electrons in the entire system. Examples: An @[email protected] of atoms or electrons, as in an alloy, a ferromagnet or superconductor; a @[email protected] or @[email protected]; a @[email protected]
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. (Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 580 [Terms] [Paper]
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). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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