Recrystallization vs. Crystallization

Recrystallization vs. Crystallization — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Recrystallization and Crystallization

Recrystallizationnoun

(chemistry) a technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals

Crystallizationnoun

The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

Recrystallizationnoun

(geology) a process in the formation of metamorphic rocks

Crystallizationnoun

The body formed by crystallizing.

Silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.

Recrystallizationnoun

(metallurgy) the growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling

Crystallizationnoun

The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase

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Crystallizationnoun

The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

Crystallizationnoun

the formation of crystals

Crystallizationnoun

a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

Crystallizationnoun

a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation