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Peritectoid is a type of isothermal reversible reaction that have two solid phases reacting with each other upon cooling of a binary, ternary, ... , alloy to create a completely different and single solid phase.^[1] The reaction plays a key role in the order and decomposition of quasicrystalline phases in several alloy types.^[2]

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• Eutectic point
• Freezing-point depression

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