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== Description ==
== Description ==


Acicular crystals have a needle-like shape. Some metallic alloys have microstructures with acicular components. One example is [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ferrite ferrite] in [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cast%20iron cast iron].
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 14:08, 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