liquidus
(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.
Origin of liquidus
1- Compare solidus2
Words Nearby liquidus
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How to use liquidus in a sentence
I suck the liquid air: I inhale the upper air,—the æther liquidus of the poets.
Minor Poems by Milton | John MiltonThese curves are also called the "liquidus" and the "solidus" curve respectively.
The Phase Rule and Its Applications | Alexander Findlay
Scientific definitions for liquidus
[ lĭk′wĭ-dəs ]
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. See illustration at eutectic. Compare solidus.
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