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  2. Melting - Wikipedia

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    Melting ice cubes illustrate the process of fusion. 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 energy of the solid increases, typically by the application of heat or pressure , which increases the substance's temperature to the melting ...

  3. Smelting - Wikipedia

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    Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. [1] It is a form of extractive metallurgy that is used to obtain many metals such as iron, copper, silver, tin, lead and zinc.

  4. Melting point - Wikipedia

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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 the solid and liquid phase exist in equilibrium. The melting point of a substance depends on pressure and is usually specified at a standard pressure such as 1 atmosphere or 100 kPa.

  5. Physical change - Wikipedia

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    Examples of physical properties include melting, transition to a gas, change of strength, change of durability, changes to crystal form, textural change, shape, size, color, volume and density. An example of a physical change is the process of tempering steel to form a knife blade.

  6. Liquefaction - Wikipedia

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    In materials science, liquefaction [1] is a process that generates a liquid from a solid or a gas [2] or that generates a non-liquid phase which behaves in accordance with fluid dynamics. [3] It occurs both naturally and artificially. As an example of the latter, a "major commercial application of liquefaction is the liquefaction of air to ...

  7. Molten salt - Wikipedia

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    Molten FLiBe (2LiF·BeF 2). Molten salt is salt which is solid at standard temperature and pressure but liquified due to elevated temperature. A salt that is liquid even at standard temperature and pressure is usually called a room-temperature ionic liquid, and molten salts are technically a class of ionic liquids.

  8. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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    A chemistry professor explains the science that makes salt a cheap and efficient way to lower freezing temperature.

  9. Plastic extrusion - Wikipedia

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    This process is the same as a regular extrusion process up until the die. There are three main types of dies used in this process: annular (or crosshead), spider, and spiral. Annular dies are the simplest, and rely on the polymer melt channeling around the entire cross section of the die before exiting the die; this can result in uneven flow.