English-Italian translations for eutectic

Definition of eutectic

• Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the pure component substances
• A material that has the composition of a eutectic mixture or eutectic alloy

Examples

• For a mixture with two components at a fixed pressure, the eutectic reaction can only happen at a fixed chemical composition and temperature, called the eutectic point.

Related words

• hypoeutectic
• eutectic mixture
• eutectic point