Peritectic

Peritectic transformations occur when a liquid and solid phase of fixed proportions react at a fixed temperature to yield a single solid phase. The solid product forms at the interface between the two reactants, and can form a diffusion barrier. This causes such reactions to generally proceed much more slowly than (otherwise similar) eutectic or eutectoid transformations. They are therefore used much less frequently.

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See also: Peritectic, Eutectic, Eutectoid, Phase (matter), Science