Gallium is an interesting element. When you look at it, it is a silvery metal that doesn’t seem to be anything special. When ...

[Ken] figured out how to get around the $500 price tag of a commercial unit by building this DIY melting point test apparatus. In this image he’s using a thermocouple to monitor the temperature ...

The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point has told its faculty that seemingly innocuous phrases such as “America is a melting pot” are actually racial microaggressions and should not be used.

New studies about the Thwaites Glacier, also called the "Doomsday Glacier," have sparked a conversation about geoengineering ...

The sleepy, cul-de-sac streets around Gifford Playground in Northeast Philadelphia are home to one of the city’s hidden ...

For this reason, it is important for the filler metal to have a lower melting point than the metals being joined. Soldering creates a "reasonably permanent" seal, meaning that the joint should hold ...

Wolfke and Mazur have recorded discontinuities in the temperature coefficients of the density and of the di-electric constant of nitrobenzene ; and they specify the melting point of their purified ...

The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence ...

Ice melts at 0 degrees Celcius (0°C). Chocolate melts at about 35°C. We say that chocolate has a higher melting point than ice. Solids and liquids can be changed from one state to another by ...

Boiling, melting, slip melting, and cloud point measurements and assessments are carried out in a fully automated manner, without the need for constant visual observation. The results of the boiling ...

Grown exclusively in the Mie Prefecture in Japan, Matsusaka cattle are raised so their fat achieves the lowest melting point possible. The finest cuts of Matsusaka wagyu have a melting point of 12 ...