The Emergence Machine

Microstructure

physical · Materials Science · Level 4 · E3

E3Chemistry

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Emergence definition

microstructure emerges from structure. It requires material, matter.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “microstructure” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
microstructure
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0MicrostructureMaterialFormStructureSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesQuenchingL6MicrostructureL4StructureL2MaterialL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Structure L2 (conceptual) organization sense
    Microstructure is the small-scale structure of a material including grain size and phase composition, which determines mechanical and physical properties.
  • Material L3 (requires)
    Microstructure is the small-scale structure of a material including grain size and phase composition, which determines mechanical and physical properties.

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