fusibility

American  

[fyoo-zuh-bil-i-tee] / ˌfju 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

They impart fusibility to clays and are carefully excluded from fine white bodies.Kaolin.—A fine, white, very pure, and infusible China clay, almost pure alumina and silica.

From Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers by Cox, George J.

Every metal deprived of this igneous principle is immediately reduced to a calx, and thus deprived of its splendour, fusibility, and other properties, until restored again by the readmission of its phlogiston.

From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Smith, Hugh

The increase in weight of the metal and the augmentation of its fusibility were found to be due, in this case also, to a combination with silicon.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various

This is a preparation which I made for the purpose of proving the fusibility of platinum in a common candle.

From The Chemical History of a Candle by Crookes, William, Sir

This separation is facilitated by its easy fusibility.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous