recrystallization

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.R05208
  1. (chemical): The repeated @[email protected] and @[email protected] of a solid from a liquid solvent.
  2. (metallurgical): The process in which a crystalline solid with a high degree of disorder develops a new microstructure by the nucleation of relatively imperfection-free regions, and their @[email protected] throughout the complete solid.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. (Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 589 [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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