transition temperature

American  

noun

1. Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.

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transition temperature British  

noun

1. the temperature at which a sudden change of physical properties occurs, such as a change of phase or crystalline structure, or at which a substance becomes superconducting

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Example Sentences

One way scientists investigate superconductors is by observing how their superconducting transition temperature, known as Tc, responds to strain.

From Science Daily

The superconducting transition temperature barely changed.

From Science Daily

Their temperature must be higher than the ambient temperature, and the faster the cooling takes place, the higher the glass transition temperature.

From Salon

“To demonstrate that a material is really a glass,” Giordano told Salon, “you need to demonstrate first that it was formed across a ‘glass transition temperature’ and then investigate what physical processes were involved.

From Salon

The resulting purer tantalum had a higher superconducting transition temperature.

From Science Daily