Peritectic solidification involves the nucleation and growth of the primary phase, the peritectic reaction of the primary phase with the remnant liquid phase, and the microstructural evolution of the ...

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I. On fluid chlorine.--II. On the condensation of several gases into liquids. [Phil. trans., v. 113, 1823]--III. Historical statement respecting the liquefaction of ...