dead melt
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of deadmelt.
noun
Alternative form of deadmelt.
Example Sentences
- "It has to be run eight hours after reaching 1,600°, as high oxygen contents of the bath are not permissible in an acid furnace, and for quite one to two hours an endeavour is made to dead melt, that is, deoxidise the steel."
- "As crucible steel is dead melted and killed to a point where it is absolutely quiet, the holding period is just another factor in emulating the crucible practice to produce quality steel."
- "An arc furnace dead melts and desulphurizes the stainless steel charges."
- "This would give it a "dead melt" and improve the quality considerably at a very small cost."
- "However, the short heat time of the dead melt process partially offsets this disadvantage, and it is generally conceded that such a heat will not contain as much gas as a well oxidized heat which is then held for a prolonged period at a high temperature of superheat under reducing conditions."
- "In the manufacture of acid steels the advisability of a dead melt has already been stressed, and the bath should be free from any signs of bubbling if it has been achieved."