| water of crystallization | Water of constitution that unites with certain salts and is essential to their arrangement in crystalline form; e.g., CuSO4-5H2O. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| crystallization | <chemistry> The formation of crystals, conversion to a crystalline form. (18 Nov 1997) |
| heat of crystallization | The quantity of heat liberated or absorbed per mol when a substance passes into the crystalline state. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protein crystallization | This is an essential process in determining a protein's three-dimensional structure, and hence in using that information to design drugs. (14 Nov 1997) |