recrystallize
to become crystallized again.
Metallurgy. (of a metal) to acquire a new granular structure with new crystals because of plastic deformation, as when hot-worked.
Origin of recrystallize
1- Also especially British, re·crys·tal·lise .
Other words from recrystallize
- re·crys·tal·li·za·tion, noun
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How to use recrystallize in a sentence
The extraction and recrystallization were the same as in the former case.
Compounds of these new elements were obtained by patient fractional recrystallization of their salts.
A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis | Glen W. WatsonThe crystals of conchinamine nitrate are purified by recrystallization from boiling water.
The most important feature of this alteration has been the recrystallization of the carbon of the shale into diamond.
Crude nitre, obtained from soils or other sources, is purified by recrystallization.
British Dictionary definitions for recrystallize
recrystallise
/ (riːˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz) /
chem to dissolve and subsequently crystallize (a substance) from the solution, as in purifying chemical compounds, or (of a substance) to crystallize in this way
to undergo or cause to undergo the process in which a deformed metal forms a new set of undeformed crystal grains
Derived forms of recrystallize
- recrystallization or recrystallisation, noun
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