Microcrystalline
A microcrystalline material is a crystallized substance or rock that contains small crystals visible only through microscopic examination. There is little agreement on the range of crystal sizes that should be regarded as microcrystalline, but the extreme range of values suggested is 1 to 200 microns.[1]
See also
[edit]- Cryptocrystalline – Type of rock texture
- Macrocrystalline
- Microcrystalline cellulose – Refined wood pulp
- Microcrystalline wax – Type of wax with fine crystals
- Nanocrystalline
- Nanocrystalline silicon – allotrope of silicon
- Protocrystalline – distinct phase occurring during crystal growth which evolves into a microcrystalline form
- Rock microstructure – Relationship between materials which compose a rock
References
[edit]- ^ Jackson, Julia A., ed. (1997). "microcrystalline". Glossary of Geology (Fourth ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute. ISBN 0922152349.
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