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Tungsten has a higher melting point than carbon, and according to Korea’s National Research Council of Science and Technology, the new diverter improves the reactor’s heat flux limit two-fold.
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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 May 2024
And while the nightside is a balmier 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, that’s still only about 120 degrees short of the melting point for aluminum.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
Each has its own properties and costs and each has a different melting point, meaning your printer needs to support a specific kind of filament to use it.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2024
Applying an electrical current moves the ions and changes the refrigerant material's melting point.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023
Just as different materials have different melting points, phase transitions of mathematical structures also vary.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
The reason is simple: Shortening is less likely to melt than butter due to its higher melting point.
—Nancie McDermott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
Packed into a small space only a handful of nanometers long, the atoms’ electrons get squeezed together, resulting in changes to the material’s properties, such as its color or melting point.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
Non-water PCMs can be concocted in such a way as to remain flexible when cold or have higher melting points, which helps them last longer while maintaining a constant comfortable temperature.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 May 2024
And while the nightside is a balmier 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, that’s still only about 120 degrees short of the melting point for aluminum.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
Each has its own properties and costs and each has a different melting point, meaning your printer needs to support a specific kind of filament to use it.
—Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2024
Applying an electrical current moves the ions and changes the refrigerant material's melting point.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Jan. 2023
Just as different materials have different melting points, phase transitions of mathematical structures also vary.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
The reason is simple: Shortening is less likely to melt than butter due to its higher melting point.
—Nancie McDermott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
Packed into a small space only a handful of nanometers long, the atoms’ electrons get squeezed together, resulting in changes to the material’s properties, such as its color or melting point.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
Non-water PCMs can be concocted in such a way as to remain flexible when cold or have higher melting points, which helps them last longer while maintaining a constant comfortable temperature.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2023
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melting point
noun
melt·ing point
ˈmel-tiŋ-ˌ 
: the temperature at which a solid melts
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