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The Gmelin rare earths handbook lists 1522 °C and 1550 °C as two melting points given in the literature, the most recent reference [Handbook on the chemistry and physics of rare earths, vol.12 (1989)] is given with 1529 °C.
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.
Of all metals in pure form, tungsten has the highest melting point (3,422 °C, 6,192 °F), lowest vapor pressure (at temperatures above 1,650 °C, 3,000 °F), and the highest tensile strength. [26] Although carbon remains solid at higher temperatures than tungsten, carbon sublimes at atmospheric pressure instead of melting, so it has no melting ...
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 point.
Compared to other metals, it is a poor conductor of heat, but a fair conductor of electricity. [13] It has a melting point of −38.83 °C [c] and a boiling point of 356.73 °C, [d] [14] [15] [16] both the lowest of any stable metal, although preliminary experiments on copernicium and flerovium have indicated that they have even lower boiling ...
Refractory metals have high melting points, with tungsten and rhenium the highest of all elements, and the other's melting points only exceeded by osmium and iridium, and the sublimation of carbon. These high melting points define most of their applications. All the metals are body-centered cubic except rhenium which is hexagonal close-packed.
Pewter has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C (338–446 °F), depending on the exact mixture of metals. [2] [3] The word pewter is possibly a variation of "spelter", a term for zinc alloys (originally a colloquial name for zinc). [4]
The only lighter metals are the metals of groups 1 and 2, ... (AlCl 3) has a layered polymeric structure below its melting point of 192.4 °C (378 °F) ...