Irreversible transition

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-006161

A phase transition that cannot be reversed by simply changing the external conditions, such as temperature or pressure, back to their initial state. Once the transition has occurred, the original phase cannot be recovered without undergoing a different, often more complex, process. An example is the decomposition of a compound upon heating.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-CHM-006161
Field	Chemistry
Subject	Inorganic Chemistry
References	PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 584 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)

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