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Term: melt
Definition:

A way of inducing a solid-to-liquid phase transition by applying heat to a material.

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Term: melt
Definition:

verb: induce a phase transition from solid to liquid via heat or pressure; noun: a material in the liquid phase

Examples:

verb: To encourage thorough mixing, we melted equal amounts of PbTe and SnTe. noun: 100g of PbTe melt were quenched in air to lock in a high temperature phase ingot

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Last Modified 2023.03.27
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