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n. 1 The fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy. 2 (context metallurgy English) The fine structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 25X or greater. 3 (context meteorology oceanography English) Fine-scale structure in such variables as temperature, salinity, velocity, etc.
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Microstructure is the small scale structure of a material, defined as the structure of a prepared surface of material as revealed by a microscope above 25× magnification. The microstructure of a material (such as metals, polymers, ceramics or composites) can strongly influence physical properties such as strength, toughness, ductility, hardness, corrosion resistance, high/low temperature behavior or wear resistance. These properties in turn govern the application of these materials in industrial practice. Microstructure at scales smaller than can be viewed with optical microscopes is often called nanostructure, while the structure in which individual atoms are arranged is known as crystal structure. The nanostructure of biological specimens is referred to as ultrastructure.
Usage examples of "microstructure".
Influence of Metalloids, Heat Treatment, Special Steels, Microstructure, Testing, and Specifications.
This results in a characteristic microstructure known as Haversian systems.
Something on the order of a cancer in nonliving mechanisms that had a subtle and complex microstructure?
I will tell you that I leave much of the work with microstructures to researchers under my direction and I have spent more of my time in thinking than I have in the laboratory.
Once a piece has been quenched, it may be useful to increase its strength and flexibility by reheating it and holding it at an elevated temperature long enough to allow some of the microstructures to realign.
The order of nature, and the obdurate and thematic equations of dominance and submission, denied though they might be, and even if hysterically repudiated, will continue to lurk in the microstructures of every cell in the human body.
Tonight, while he slept - if all went according to plan and the temporary microstructures, chemicals and nano-glandular processes which had been imparted into his brain had the desired effect - he would forget all that had happened since Colonel Ghejaline had appeared out of the snow in the courtyard of the monastery those hundred and more days ago.