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eutectic
[ yoo-tek-tik ]
adjective
- of greatest fusibility: said of an alloy or mixture whose melting point is lower than that of any other alloy or mixture of the same ingredients.
- noting or pertaining to such a mixture or its properties:
a eutectic melting point.
noun
- a eutectic substance.
eutectic
/ ːˈɛɪ /
adjective
- (of a mixture of substances, esp an alloy) having the lowest freezing point of all possible mixtures of the substances
- concerned with or suitable for the formation of eutectic mixtures
noun
- a eutectic mixture
- the temperature on a phase diagram at which a eutectic mixture forms
eutectic
/ ̅̅-ĕ′ĭ /
- The proportion of constituents in an alloy or other mixture that yields the lowest possible complete melting point. In all other proportions, the mixture will not have a uniform melting point; some of the mixture will remain solid and some liquid. At the eutectic, the solidus and liquidus temperatures are the same.
- An alloy or other mixture with constituents in the proportions of the eutectic.
- The melting point of the eutectic.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of eutectic1
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Example Sentences
For example, Thompson has identified one candidate, a mixture of acids and bases called a deep eutectic solvent, that dissolves everything but nickel.
Instead, it would use things called deep eutectic solvents to dissolve wood and separate out the lignin.
The first case comprises the fusion of pure substances, and that of eutectics, or cryohydrates; the second is the general case of an alloy or a solution.
At the peak temperature, it continued, the core experienced “melting of uranium-zirconium eutectics,” a reactor alloy.
A eutectic mixture results when two components solidify simultaneously at a definite temperature.
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