Molten
['məʊlt(ə)n] or ['moltən]
Definition
(adj.) reduced to liquid form by heating; 'a mass of molten rock' .
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Definition
(p. p.) of Melt
(a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
(a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
Editor: Simon
Definition
adj. melted: made of melted metal.—adv. Molt′enly.
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Examples
- We have described how by Cort's puddling process tremendous labour was imposed on the workmen in stirring the molten metal by hand with rabbles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The wheel is kept revolving, and a man on one side is kept constantly busy in filling the molds with the molten material as they reach him. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When the temperature is about as hot as that of molten iron the pure nitrogen gas from the liquid air plant is pumped in and allowed to act on the calcium carbide for about a day and a half. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As he sat a change came over his body, the hot, molten stream mounted involuntarily through his veins. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The 100-ton ladles are in position at the tapping side of the furnaces to receive the molten steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This process is called _puddling_, and consists in exposing the molten metal to an oxidizing current of flame and air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Molten glass being rolled into a form suitable for window panes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Credit me, that the gold thou shalt spare in her cause, will hereafter give thee as much agony as if it were poured molten down thy throat. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The melted purified iron falling to the bottom was drawn off through a hole tapped in the furnace, and the molten metal ran into channels in a bed of sand called the Sow and pigs. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- POURING MOLTEN METAL INTO MOLDS FOR CASTING IRON SOLE PLATES] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fig. 1 shows the workman pouring an earthen ladle of molten metal into the molds in which the sole plates are cast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Boiling water, pitch and oil, molten lead, and unslaked lime were poured upon them every moment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By this method the blowing through the molten metal of a blast of air largely removes sulphur and other impurities. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Duplicate records in any quantity may now be made from this mold by surrounding it with a cold-water jacket and dipping it in a molten wax-like material. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The molten metal is brought to this man’s station by means of large ladles, suspended on a trolley on an I-beam track, running from the cupola through the entire length of the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If a glass rod is held in a Bunsen burner, it will gradually grow softer and softer, and finally a drop of molten glass will fall from the end of the rod into the fire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When these two halves of the mold are finished they are put together, or closed on the shelf of the conveyor, which carries the finished mold to the man who pours the molten metal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Molten metal from the furnace is then run in, which together with the fuel is then subjected to a strong blast. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus in one modification a machine is had for making lead pipes:--A container is filled with molten lead and then allowed to cool. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Below this steam atmosphere the molten world-stuff solidified as the first rocks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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