fusibility

Ability to liquefy

Fusibility is the quality of being fusible—capable of being melted or fused.

The term appears mainly in technical contexts involving metals, glass, or other materials that can be liquefied by heat: The fusibility of the alloy makes it ideal for soldering.

Low fusibility means a substance resists melting; high fusibility means it melts readily.

metallurgy

solder

Fusible bonding alloy

  • alloyMetallic combination
  • moltenLiquefied by extreme heat
  • fluxContinuous change or flow

melting · liquefaction · casting · founding · smelt · ingot · crucible · furnace · thermal · temperature

alloys

bismuth

Element eighty-three

  • tinElement fifty, Sn
  • leadDense metal, symbol Pb
  • indiumElement forty-nine

gallium · zinc · cadmium · pewter · solder · amalgam · bronze · brass · antimony · mercury

welding

soldering

Low-temp metal fusion

torch · arc · filler · seam · bead · welder · fabrication · autogenous · puddle · weld

malleability

ductile

Able to deform permanently

formable · soft · yielding · plastic · thermoplastic · reshapable · meltable · liquescent · flowable · castable

Opposites
meltability

fusibilityrefractoriness

Resistance to treatment or control

heat resistance · fire resistance

permanence of form

fusibilityrigidity

State of being unbending

permanence · structural stability · fixedness · immutability · insolubility

Family

confusion, fuse, fusion, refusal, infuse, diffuse, profuse, effusive, diffusion

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