window structure

Type of grain boundary microstructure in which a grain boundary between two grains of a mineral A bulges between two grains of a mineral B (Fig. 3.34). The structure is inferred to form by grain boundary migration

Related terms:

• dragging microstructure
• mortar structure
• structure section
• Mineral Structure
• flamboyant structure
• pinning microstructure
• window
• infrared window
• window frost
• window ice