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Recrystallization vs Precrystallization - What's the difference?

recrystallization | precrystallization |

As nouns the difference between recrystallization and precrystallization

is that recrystallization is a technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals while precrystallization is crystallization in advance of another process.

recrystallization

English

(wikipedia recrystallization)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) a technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals
  • (geology) a process in the formation of metamorphic rocks
  • (metallurgy) the growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling

    • Related terms

    * recrystallize * recrystallized

    precrystallization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • crystallization in advance of another process