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Cooling vs Peritectic - What's the difference?

cooling | peritectic |

As adjectives the difference between cooling and peritectic

is that cooling is that cools while peritectic is (chemistry) describes the isothermal reversible reaction of a liquid phase and a solid phase to form a second solid phase during cooling.

As a verb cooling

is .

As a noun cooling

is a decrease in temperature.

cooling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a decrease in temperature
  • refrigeration

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that cools

    • Derived terms

    * cooling board * cooling curve * cooling-off period * cooling pond * cooling rack * cooling tower

    peritectic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Describes the isothermal reversible reaction of a liquid phase and a solid phase to form a second solid phase during cooling

    • Related terms

    *peritectoid