grain boundary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrainandboundary
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofgrainandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The curves depict the positions of thegrainboundaryat successive times.
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It represents the conservation of solute species at an interior point of thegrainboundary.
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One of them is mean curvature motion for thegrainboundary.
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The impingement data were obtained from measuring angles between adjacent grains, far from thegrainboundary.
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In contrast to earlier work on diffusion-inducedgrainboundarymotion, here we incorporate the elasticity system into the phase field model, which leads to a more accurate approximation.
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The system then modelsgrainboundarymotion under external stresses.
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In this latter version, thegrainboundaryhas zero thickness.
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If the velocity of thegrainboundaryis always slow, then d will remain constant throughout the development.
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A stronggrainboundaryand grainlong-axis preferred orientation is shown by hornblende and biotite.
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Particles which cross the dustgrainboundaryare assumed to be absorbed.
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The reduction is based on the smallness of a parameter measuring the thickness of thegrainboundaryand the strength of the elastic interaction.
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In the zero angle case, that implies, among other things, that thegrainboundaryinside the film is approximately perpendicular to the face.
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In typical cases, this means that a newgrainboundaryapproaching such an equilibrium region would be prevented from entering it.
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Along a givengrainboundary, the direction is commonly observed to change from one location to another.
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In this set-up we have to take diffusion in grain boundaries into account such that the concentration satisfies a diffusion equation on thegrainboundary.
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When heated at a specific temperature, thegrainboundarymigrates to reduce the surface energy and to heal the orientation mismatch.
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Associated with thegrainboundaryis a surface energy which gives rise to a thermodynamic restoring force.
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In order for thegrainboundaryto move, it must be assumed that the solute concentration is large enough to overcome an inhibiting effect associated with the groove angle.
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