Sentences with phrase «which lowers the melting point»

Using computer modeling to interpret images from NASA's Galileo satellite, Pappalardo and Barr demonstrated that acnelike markings on Europa's surface are probably bits of ice containing minerals such as chloride salts and sulfuric acid, which lower the melting point so the material can rise from deep below.

These lakes occur as a result of geothermal heat trapped by the thick ice, melting it from underneath, and the great pressure from the ice above, which lowers the melting point of water.

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Other toppings should be reserved for later, including melted butter which can burn due to its low smoke point.

After that nothing budged until I stopped nursing at 13 mos, at which point 10 lbs just melted away and I wound up at a lower weight than when I started and have more or less maintained it (w / healthy eating and exercise).

First, the researchers tackled the temperature problem by alloying the calcium with another inexpensive metal, magnesium, which has a much lower melting point.

The fluid rises into the overlying mantle where it lowers the melting point of rock and triggers the violent eruptions of magma that created the Mariana Islands, to which Shore was sailing.

Recent research has shown these gatherings of melted ice can serve as a good predictor of the seasonal low - points as they reduce the ability of the sea ice to reflect solar radiation, which has the effect of accelerating overall shrinkage.

«That particular cyclone, which lasted several days and raised temperatures in the region close to the melting point, hindered sea ice growth while its associated strong winds pushed the sea ice edge back, leading to a record low spring sea ice pack in 2016,» Petty and Boisvert explained.

Solder is an alloy of gold with a lower melting point, which in the process helps in joining the gold pieces together without affecting the purity of gold.