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Perlite vs Austenite - What's the difference?

perlite | austenite |

As nouns the difference between perlite and austenite

is that perlite is (mineralogy) an amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian while austenite is austenite.

perlite

English

Noun

(wikipedia perlite) (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) An amorphous volcanic glass formed by the hydration of obsidian.
  • The lightweight insulating material and aggregate resulting from expanding perlite glass by heat.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=4 citation , passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite , graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}

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    austenite

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    Alternative forms

    * Austenite

    Noun

    (wikipedia austenite) (en noun)
  • A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures
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