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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Acicular crystals have a needle-like shape. Some metallic alloys have microstructures with acicular components. One example is [ | + | Acicular crystals have a needle-like shape. Some metallic alloys have microstructures with acicular components. One example is [[ferrite|ferrite]] in [[cast%20iron|cast iron]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 6 January 2014
Description
Acicular crystals have a needle-like shape. Some metallic alloys have microstructures with acicular components. One example is Ferrite in Cast iron.
Synonyms and Related Terms
nadelförmig (Deut.)
Authority
- Walter C. McCrone, John Gustave Delly, The Particle Atlas, W. McCrone Associates, Chicago, IV, 1972
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998