eutectoid
/juˈtɛktɔɪd/
adjective
- Relating to a mixture of substances that solidifies from a molten state at a single, constant temperature, forming a uniform structure.
- A eutectoid mixture cools to form a solid with a specific microscopic pattern.
- Engineers study eutectoid transformations to improve the strength of alloys.
- The eutectoid reaction in steel creates a layered structure called pearlite.
noun
- A mixture of substances that solidifies at a single temperature, or the resulting solid structure.
- Cooling the metal slowly produces a fine eutectoid.
- Metallurgists examined the eutectoid under a microscope.
- The eutectoid in this alloy gives it extra hardness.