decrepitation


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decrepitation

[di‚krep·ə′tā·shən]
(geophysics)
Breaking up of mineral substances when exposed to heat; usually accompanied by a crackling noise.
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This tends to confirm that the electrode decrepitation is mainly induced by the abrupt volume variation related to the formation/disappearance of the [Li.sub.15][Si.sub.4] phase.
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Fluids inclusions displaying textural or microthermometric evidence for stretching, necking down, leakage, or decrepitation were excluded from the study.
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