fusibility

American  

[fyoo-zuh-bil-i-tee] / ˌfyu zəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the quality of being fusible or convertible from a solid to a liquid state by heat.

2. the degree to which a substance is fusible.

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Other Word Forms

• nonfusibility noun
• unfusibility noun

Etymology

Origin of fusibility

From the French word fusibilité, dating back to 1615–25. See fusible, -ity

Example Sentences

It can only be said that these impurities, as far as we are aware, increase the fusibility of iron, and that in an oxidizing flame oxidation becomes more excessive as the point of fusion approaches.

From Project Gutenberg

A writer in the Athenæum, in speaking of the expense of marble and bronze statues, which limits the possession of works of high art to the wealthy, calls attention to the fact that lead possesses every requisite for the casting of statues which bronze possesses, while it excels that costly material in two very important particulars—cheapness, and fusibility at a low temperature.

From Project Gutenberg

As a rule the iron meteorites are covered with pittings or thumb marks, due probably to the resistance and impact of the little columns of air which impede its progress, together with the unequal condition and fusibility of their surface material.

From Project Gutenberg

A mixture of carbonate of soda and carbonate of potash is here used, because either of these salts requires a very high temperature to melt it; but when the two are heated together, the fusibility of both is increased.

From Project Gutenberg

Mention has already been made of how, in the case of mixing carbonates of soda and potash, the one assists the fusibility of the other, and this is more particularly true in the mixture of silicates in the composition of the ordinary glass.

From Project Gutenberg