Title: shear transition
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - shear transition
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S05641
Status: current

Definition
A diffusionless transition that involves a change of the shape of the unit cell by a process that can be described as shear.

Related Terms
- diffusionless transition: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/D01728
- unit cell: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/U06562

Source
- PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 590 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)

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Citation: Citation: 'shear 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.S05641
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