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mixed melting point

noun

Definition of mixed melting point

: the fusion temperature of a mixture of two components that in the case of two different substances is usually lower than that of either component or that in the case of a mixture of two samples of the same substance prepared by different methods as a check on their identity is not lower than that of either sample

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