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GRAIN growth, as defined by metallurgists, is a process of migration of grain boundaries by which the grain mosaic adjusts itself to the requirements of minimum surface tension. Harker and Parker1, Smith2–4, and others, have demonstrated that the occurrence of grain growth in metals may be detected by the study of the intergranular relationships within the metal mosaic. It has also been shown that such a study may be made on any random section through the granular medium.
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KARCZ, I. Grain Growth Fabrics in the Cambrian Dolomites of Skye. Nature 204, 1080–1081 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2041080a0
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