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Soda ash, which is needed to lower the melting point of silica sand, was brought from Syria and Egypt.
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Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an already uncomfortable season.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Needless to say, at 19,000 Kelvin, the solid gold sample blew past that boundary, heating up to more than 14 times its melting point, which is about 1,300 Kelvin.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
That material starts out as a filament which is heated to the melting point, then extruded out of a print nozzle to build up the robot's body in successive layers.
—Ben Coxworth
may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2025
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Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an already uncomfortable season.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Needless to say, at 19,000 Kelvin, the solid gold sample blew past that boundary, heating up to more than 14 times its melting point, which is about 1,300 Kelvin.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
That material starts out as a filament which is heated to the melting point, then extruded out of a print nozzle to build up the robot's body in successive layers.
—Ben Coxworth
may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2025
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“Melting point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melting%20point. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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melting point
noun
melt·ing point
ˈmel-tiŋ-ˌ 
: the temperature at which a solid melts
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