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What does melting point mean?

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  1. (chemistry) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure
  2. (figuratively) A climactic situation where things go wrong or become dangerous; a crisis or meltdown.
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As the bacon cooked, the fat on the bacon reached its melting point and turned into liquid, leaving the pure, healthy pork meat behind.
Because the bonds are not symmetrical, glass is isotropic and has no definite melting point.
Most modern calculations rely on the fact that we believe the inner core to be made up of iron and nickel that is just about at melting point.
Testing can be conducted to ascertain melting point, degree of crystallinity, and glass-transition temperature, or for component quantification.
The water acts as a simple flux to lower the melting point of some minerals.
In its simplest form this involved heating a metal to melting point in a vessel made of a dried paste of bone ash.

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