monotropic transition

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The @[email protected] from a @[email protected] polymorphic form to the @[email protected] polymorph. Example: The transition of @[email protected] CaCO3 (aragonite-type) to the @[email protected] CaCO3 (calcite-type).
Note:
For liquid crystals the term refers to a @[email protected] to @[email protected] that occurs below the @[email protected] point and is revealed by supercooling of the crystal.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. (Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 586 [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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