Definition of Intergranular

1. Adjective. (metallurgy) Occurring along the boundaries between the crystals or grains of a metal ¹

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Definition of Intergranular

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intergranular

intergluteal cleft
intergluteal clefts
intergonial
intergovernmental
intergradation
intergradations
intergrade
intergraded
intergrades
intergrading
intergraft
intergrafted
intergrafting
intergrafts
intergrain
intergranular (current term)
intergrase
intergrases
intergraven
intergroup
intergrow
intergrown
intergrowth
intergrowths
intergyral
interhaemal
interhalogen
interhalogens
interhelical
interhelix

Literary usage of Intergranular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"intergranular and Trans-crystalline Deformation.—We have seen in §345 that metals are made up of grains each of which is a crystal in all save outward form. ..."

2. Geology of Petroleum by William Harvey Emmons (1921)
"ORIGIN OF OPENINGS With respect to their origin, openings in rocks are classified as follows: Primary Openings: intergranular spaces. Bedding planes. ..."

3. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"... OPENINGS: intergranular spaces. Bedding planes. Vesicular spaces. Openings in pumice. ... intergranular ..."

4. Fission Gas Behaviour in Water Reactor Fuels: Seminar Proceedings, Cadarache by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"The total amount of gas contained in intra and intergranular bubbles is transferred ... High temperature modelling At the point when intergranular bubbles ..."

5. The Crystallization of Iron and Steel: An Introduction to the Study of by Joseph William Mellor (1905)
"Intercrystalline or intergranular Weakness THE popular idea of the qualities of steel has crystallized into the phrase "as true as steel," but metallurgists ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"The specimens in my laboratory, after investigation, I classified by June, 1915, into two general types, intergranular and coalescent. ..."

7. A Manual of Histology by Salomon Stricker (1872)
"Henle names the intergranular layer (as I define it) external molecular (äussere ... To avoid mistake in the apprehension of the name intergranular layer, ..."

8. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1916)
"In the case of grain- growth especially, should not the decreasing intergranular surface fail to accommodate the constant amount of intergranular alloy, ..."

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