Home > Term: dilational transformation
A phase transformation requiring change in coordination about a cation, e.g., quartz with silica tetrahedra to stishovite with silica octahedra. Compare: reconstructive transformation; displacive transformation; rotational transformation.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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