recalescencen.
/ˌriːkəˈlɛsns/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈlɛsns/ Materials Science.
The temporary generation of heat associated with a change in crystal structure or atomic arrangement when a material (usually a metal) is cooled through a transformation temperature (sometimes sufficient to produce a brief rise in temperature).
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1873 W. F. Barrett in London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 4th Ser. 46 477 Wherever the momentary expansion of the wire is feeble or absent, there likewise this recalescence, as it might be termed, is also feeble or absent.
1935 C. J. Smith Intermediate Physics (ed. 2) v. l. 859 At temperatures above the recalescence point iron exists as γ-iron and the atoms are arranged on a face-centred cubic lattice.
1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. ii. 15 Once nucleation is really started solidification may proceed quite quickly and is then likely to be associated with release of thermal energy as recalescence.
1997 Rev. Sci. Instruments 68 2750 The subsequent recalescence of the supercooled sample requires the formation of a certain amount of solid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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