primary solid solution

DEFINITIONS OF: primary solid solution

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a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron; cools to form pearlite or martensite; ferrite
a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent; martensite
a solid solution of carbon in alpha-iron that is formed when steel is cooled so rapidly that the change from austenite to pearlite is suppressed; responsible for the hardness of quenched steel; double salt
a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization; alum, potash alum, potassium alum
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum; alum, ammonia alum, ammonium alum
a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum; Rochelle salt, Rochelle salts, potassium sodium tartrate
a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic; Paris green
a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate

Type of:: solution
a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution

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