Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal...
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The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a substance is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid. At the melting point...
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A melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common...
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Incongruent melting occurs when a solid substance being partially melted does not melt uniformly, so that the chemical composition of neither the resulting...
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Partial melting is the phenomenon that occurs when a rock is subjected to temperatures high enough to cause certain minerals to melt, but not all of them...
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Congruent melting occurs during melting of a compound when the composition of the liquid that forms is the same as the composition of the solid. It can...
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Melting temperature may refer to: Melting point, the temperature at which a substance changes from solid to liquid state Melting temperature, the temperature...
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Fusible alloy (redirect from Low melting metal alloys)
a melting point below 183 °C (361 °F; 456 K). Fusible alloys in this sense are used for solder. Fusible alloys are typically made from low melting metals...
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The Persistence of Memory (redirect from Melting Clocks)
such as "Melting Clocks", "The Soft Watches" or "The Melting Watches". The well-known surrealist piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch...
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Look up melting pot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The melting pot is an analogy for the way in which heterogeneous societies become more homogeneous...
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