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SOLID SOLUTION

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal

Synonyms:

primary solid solution; solid solution

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("solid solution" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solid solution"):

austenite (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)

Holonyms ("solid solution" is a substance of...):

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)

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