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  <id>12776</id>
  <title>isotropisation temperature</title>
  <longtitle>IUPAC Gold Book - isotropisation temperature</longtitle>
  <doi>10.1351/goldbook.12776</doi>
  <code>12776</code>
  <status>current</status>
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      <id>1</id>
      <text>Temperature at which a transition from any anisotropic state to an isotropic liquid occurs.</text>
      <notes>
        <item>In mesomorphic systems, the isotropisation temperature is usually called clearing temperature.</item>
      </notes>
      <links>
        <item>
          <term>clearing temperature</term>
          <url>https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12747</url>
        </item>
      </links>
      <sources>
        <item>PAC, 2013, 85, 1017. 'Glossary of terms relating to thermal and thermomechanical properties of polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1031 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-12-03-02)</item>
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  <citation>Citation: 'isotropisation temperature' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12776</citation>
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  <accessed>2026-07-13T10:26:17+00:00</accessed>
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