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melt

[melt]
(chemistry)
To change a solid to a liquid by the application of heat.
A melted material.
(metallurgy)
A charge of molten metal.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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As the volume of the barrel channel is decreasing and the volume of the screw groove is increasing, the melt in the barrel groove and newly melted polymer are forced into the screw channel by the couple driving of screw channel and barrel groove, as shown in Fig.
As the snow melted in the spring and more vegetation became exposed, the albedos of all the test sites dropped to their summertime values, between 11 and 19 percent.
As the initial charge is melted, Plant A will add scrap accordingly to meet demand.
Polyethylene samples were charged into the rheometer barrel, heated, and melted at a desired extrusion temperature.
But when we tasted and melted (or tried to melt) a dozen no-fat cheeses from Lifetime, Alpine Lace, and Kraft, we were disappointed.
When a transducer is positioned too far upstream in the barrel, unmelted pellets may abrade pool of melted plastic will build up between the transducer tip and the screw flights.
In fact, its melting temperature continued to drop until the pressure reached about 100 gigapascals, at which point the sample melted at near-room temperature.
SHEAR--A machine that cuts metal scrap (after it has been condensed) to produce uniform shapes ready to be tied, shipped and melted.
Since the Stone Age when man first melted gold with fire, melting gold with fossil fuels has not changed fundamentally.
Normally cry stallization in uncross linked NR is undesirable because crystalline regions must be melted before rubber can be processed satisfactorily on two-roll mills or in internal mixers.
The wax doesn't really feel melted because a powder in the heat pack soaks it up, Salyer says.
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