eutectic

Etymology
From, from +. Coined as an adjective (along with the noun ) by British scientist in 1884.

Adjective

 * 1) Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances.
 * 2)  Describing the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions where a liquid coexists with two solid phases.
 * For a mixture with two components at a fixed pressure, the eutectic reaction can only happen at a fixed chemical composition and temperature, called the eutectic point.

Translations

 * Finnish: eutektinen
 * German: eutektisch
 * Turkish: birerim, ötektik


 * Finnish: eutektinen

Noun

 * 1) A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy.
 * 2) The temperature of the eutectic point.

Usage notes

 * Use with the indefinite article is mixed. The dominant usage seems to favour "a eutectic", although "an eutectic" can be found in some texts.

Translations

 * German: Eutektikum
 * Turkish: ötektik nokta

Etymology
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