intercrystallineadj.
/ɪntəˈkrɪstəlʌɪn/ Situated or occurring between crystals, esp. those which form a metal.
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1901 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 196 295 Where the quantity of impurity present is sufficiently great, this eutectic can be seen under the microscope forming an inter-crystalline cement.
1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics V. 361/2 Intercrystalline cracking near the melting-point sometimes takes place under very low stresses.
1962 Sci. Surv. 3 329 The final failure of the metal is essentially mechanical and it usually occurs by the propagation, through the body of the metal, of inter~crystalline (or intergranular) cracks.
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