melting process
11melting pot — noun Date: 1887 1. a. a place where a variety of races, cultures, or individuals assimilate into a cohesive whole b. the population of such a place 2. a process of blending that often results in invigoration or novelty • melting pot adjective …
12melting pot — noun 1》 a pot in which metals or other materials are melted and mixed. 2》 a place where different peoples, styles, etc., are mixed together. Phrases in the melting pot Brit. in a process of change and with an uncertain outcome …
13process cheese — noun made by blending several lots of cheese • Syn: ↑processed cheese • Hypernyms: ↑cheese * * * noun or processed cheese : a cheese made by blending several lots of cheese by heating, stirring …
14melting — I noun the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid (Freq. 1) the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours • Syn: ↑thaw, ↑melt, ↑thawing …
15bloomery process — Process for iron smelting. In ancient times, smelting involved creating a bed of red hot charcoal in a furnace to which iron ore mixed with more charcoal was added. The ore was chemically reduced (see oxidation reduction), but, because primitive… …
16Zone melting — is a method of separation by melting in which a molten zone traverses a long ingot of impure metal or chemical. In its common use for purification, the molten region melts impure solid at its forward edge and leaves a wake of purer material… …
17Hall-Héroult process — The Hall Héroult process is the major industrial process for the production of aluminium. It involves dissolving alumina in molten cryolite, and electrolysing the solution to obtain pure aluminium metal.ProcessAluminium cannot be produced by the… …
18zone melting — a process of purifying any of various metals and other materials, as germanium or silicon, by passing it in bar form through an induction coil. Also called zone refining. Cf. cage zone melting. [1955 60] * * * Any of a group of techniques used to …
19in the melting pot — british phrase in the process of changing or being decided Two new projects are currently in the melting pot. Thesaurus: existing, happening or being dealt with nowsynonym Main entry: melting pot * * * in the melting pot Brit : not yet certain or …
20Verneuil process — The Verneuil process, also called flame fusion, was the first commercially successful method of manufacturing synthetic gemstones, developed in 1902 by the French chemist Auguste Verneuil. It is primarily used to produce the ruby and sapphire… …
