Title: plastic transition
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - plastic transition
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.P04691
Status: current

Definition
A first-order transition that occurs when a low-temperature phase transforms to an orientationally-disordered high-temperature phase with a strong variation of enthalpy.

Related Terms
- enthalpy: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02141
- first-order transition: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/F02390

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 588 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)

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Citation: Citation: 'plastic transition' 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.P04691
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