equilibration
Noun
Meaning
Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.
The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
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Phase equilibrium Left to equilibration, many compositions will form a uniform single phase, but depending on the temperature and pressure even a single substance may separate into two or more distinct phases.
The differences between minerals can be used to estimate the temperature of equilibration.
These techniques are sometimes termed "occlusal rehabilitation" or "occlusal equilibration".
Thin-walled reaction tubes permit favorable thermal conductivity to allow for rapid thermal equilibration.
When sulfide minerals are precipitated, isotopic equilibration among solids and liquid may cause small differences in the δS-34 values of co-genetic minerals.