As nouns the difference between devitrification and crystallization
is that
devitrification is the formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state while
crystallization is (uncountable) the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
devitrification English
Noun
( en noun)
The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
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crystallization Alternative forms
* (UK) crystallisation
Noun
( en noun)
(uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
(countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
(uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
(countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.
Derived terms
* fractional crystallization
* water of crystallization
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