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← ScienceWhich consequence during rapid silicon solidification causes polycrystalline formation?
A)Metastable phase diagram undercooling occurs✓
B)Increased thermal diffusivity slows transitions
C)Eutectic composition melting point elevation
D)Accelerated thermal expansion fractures occur
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Polycrystalline structures arise when rapid cooling leads to insufficient time for atoms to arrange into a single crystal lattice; metastable phase diagram undercooling occurs because rapid cooling suppresses equilibrium phases rather than allowing uniform crystal growth, therefore forming grain boundaries.
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