| Term: | melt |
| Definition: |
A way of inducing a solid-to-liquid phase transition by applying heat to a material. |
| Term: | melt |
| Definition: |
verb: induce a phase transition from solid to liquid via heat or pressure; noun: a material in the liquid phase |
| Examples: |
verb: To encourage thorough mixing, we melted equal amounts of PbTe and SnTe. noun: 100g of PbTe melt were quenched in air to lock in a high temperature phase ingot |