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grain boundary

concept in materials science: the interface between two grains, or crystallites, in a polycrystalline material
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grain boundary

Summary

grain boundary ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (422 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • grain boundary is a type of plane in physical space[2].
  • grain boundary's Commons category is recorded as Grain boundary[3].
  • grain boundary's studied by is recorded as materials science[4].

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Definition and Type

grain boundary is a type of plane in physical space[2].

Why It Matters

grain boundary ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (422 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Related Entities

materials science

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → plane in physical space
    Studied by → materials science
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536011705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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