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These advanced reactors are expected to be safer than traditional uranium nuclear reactors, in part because the molten salt mixture has a high melting point.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
This suggests Titan likely does not have a hidden ocean, but instead a layer of ice close to its melting point that is kept from liquefying by high pressure.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
This theoretical relationship between melting point and pressure was experimentally confirmed by Thomson’s younger brother William, better known as Lord Kelvin.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2025
Frosting made with shortening can hold up better in warmer temperatures thanks to shortening's high melting point.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
This suggests Titan likely does not have a hidden ocean, but instead a layer of ice close to its melting point that is kept from liquefying by high pressure.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 17 Dec. 2025
This theoretical relationship between melting point and pressure was experimentally confirmed by Thomson’s younger brother William, better known as Lord Kelvin.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2025
Frosting made with shortening can hold up better in warmer temperatures thanks to shortening's high melting point.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Melting point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melting%20point. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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melting point
noun
melt·ing point
ˈmel-tiŋ-ˌ 
: the temperature at which a solid melts
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