- In petrology,
spherulites (/ˈsfɛrʊlaɪts, sfɪər-/) are small,
rounded bodies that
commonly occur in
vitreous igneous rocks. They are
often visible in specimens...
- In
polymer physics,
spherulites (from Gr****
sphaira = ball and
lithos = stone) are
spherical semicrystalline regions inside non-branched
linear polymers...
- "The
Experimental Identification of
Nixtamalized Maize though Starch Spherulites" (PDF).
Journal of
Archaeological Science. 113: 1. doi:10.1016/j.jas...
- than
called tie molecules).
Several lamellae form a superstructure, a
spherulite,
often with a
diameter in the
range of 0.05 to 1 mm. The type and arrangement...
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spherulites. Ring-banded
spherulites most
notably form when
crystallization is
carried out
between 27 °C and 34 °C
whereas Maltese-cross
spherulites form...
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regions called lamellae,
which compose larger spheroidal structures named spherulites.
Polymers can
crystallize upon
cooling from melting,
mechanical stretching...
- than
forming one
large single crystal, this
material has a
number of
spherulites (crystallized areas) each
containing many
small crystallites (grains)...
-
Althiburos (el Médéina, Kef Governorate,
northern Tunisia): the
phytolith and
spherulite evidence".
Journal of
Archaeological Science. 38 (12): 3224–3233. Bibcode:2011JArSc...
- stones, the
inclusion of small, white,
radially clustered crystals (
spherulites) of the
mineral cristobalite in the
black gl****
produce a
blotchy or...
- Initially, they were
defined as
spherical m****es,
which may or may not be
spherulites, that are
observed on the
weathering surfaces of some
basalts and diabases...
