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Recent Examples on the Web Super-pure quartz, mined and produced at few facilities around the world, is used to ensure the purity of molten silicon used as the base for manufacturing semiconductor wafers, as well as for semiconductor crucibles and quartz glass products like windows, rods, and tubes. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 This means that a time series can be constructed of both what happens during the time leading up to each new eruption and how the composition of the molten rock spilling onto the surface changes between and during eruptions. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2024 When a crucible of molten aluminum was tipped over the trench, a stream of silver metal filled it and hardened into a sort of wand. Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024 Next, explore the volcanic underbelly of Iceland, a labyrinth carved by molten rock millennia ago. Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for molten 

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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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