Duplex

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001915",
  "term": "Duplex",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Describing a microstructure in metals that consists of two distinct phases, often with different crystal structures or compositions. This dual-phase arrangement imparts a combination of properties, such as high strength and corrosion resistance, that neither phase possesses alone. Duplex stainless steels, for example, contain both ferrite and austenite phases.",
  "subject": "Metallurgy",
  "see_also": [
    "contraplex",
    "superduplex"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Duplex",
    "es": "dúplex",
    "fr": "duplex"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/duplex/"
}