A second-order transition from a paramagnetic or ferromagnetic state to a spin-glass state in which spins from moment-bearing solute atoms become ordered randomly in a non-magnetic host such that the net magnetization of any region is zero. Examples:
Au–Fe,
Cu–Mn and
Mo–FeSource:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. 'Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 591 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030577)