extracrystalline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

extra- +‎ crystalline

Adjective[edit]

extracrystalline (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Pertaining to the outer surface of a crystal.
    Coordinate term: intracrystalline
    extracrystalline water
    • 1994, M. Stöcker, H.G. Karge, J.C. Jansen, Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications, page 550:
      Also present are extracrystalline cations compensating for fixed anionic lattice sites at the extracrystalline surface of the zeolite.
    • 2012, Jörg Kärger, Douglas M. Ruthven, Doros N. Theodorou, Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials, page 499:
      The response curve for a liquid phase ZLC system has approximately the form of a two time-constant process with the faster process corresponding to the convective washout of the extracrystalline fluid (purging of the cell and detector) and the slower process corresponding to the desorption process.