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liquidus

[ lik-wi-duhs ]

noun

Physical Chemistry.
  1. (on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a liquid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the solid solution.


liquidus

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  1. The minimum temperature at which all components of a mixture (such as an alloy) can be in a liquid state. Below the liquidus the mixture will be partly or entirely solid.
  2. See illustration at eutecticCompare solidus
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of liquidus1

From Latin, dating back to 1900–05; liquid
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Example Sentences

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Montaigne applies to him the phrase of Horace,— Liquidus puroque simillimus amni.

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