germanium antimony telluride

English

Noun

germanium antimony telluride (uncountable, abbreviation GST)

  1. (chemistry) A chalcogenide glass, of approximate composition Ge2Sb2Te5, used in rewritable DVDs; it changes phase from crystalline to amorphous when heated by a laser
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