| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To flow, flood, gush, stream or drift.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To deluge or overflow. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To spurt or jet.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb flux.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flux) | 1. Move or progress freely as if in a stream.[Wordnet]. 2. Become liquid or fluid when heated.[Wordnet]. 3. Mix together different elements.[Wordnet]. 4. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux.[Websters]. 5. To cause to become fluid; to fuse.[Websters]. 6. To cause a discharge from; to purge.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: fluxing, fluxed, fluxes, fluxer, fluxers, fluxingly and fluxedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FLUXING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1863. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLUXING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Metallurgy | A substance or compound bringing about formation of a liquid layer on the surface of a melted non ferrous metal, the purpose being to isolate it from the environment (protective flux) or give rise to reactions within the metal, thus enhancing the properties of the latter. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | Fusion or melting of a substance as a result of chemical action. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: FLUXING
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fluxing lime | A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: FLUXING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Fluxing agent | Metallurgy | A material employed to lower the melting point of more refractory materialsand to protect underlying metal from oxidation as during soldering, brazing, welding. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fluxing lime | Mining | Lump or pebble quicklime used for fluxing in steel manufacture. The term may be applied more broadly to include fluxing of nonferrous metals and glass. It is a type of chemical lime. (references) | |
| Fluxing material | Chemical Industry | A material like lime, iron, magnesia, and alkalies added in pure fireclay forvitrification. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fluxing ore | Mining | An ore containing an appreciable amount of valuable metal, but smelted mainly because it contains fluxing agents that are required in the reduction of richer ores. (references) | |
| Fluxing stone | Mining | Consists of pure limestone or sometimes dolomite and is used in iron blast furnaces and foundries. Usually material below 2 in (5.1 cm) in diameter is eliminated. The most desirable size is between 4 in and 6 in (10 cm and15 cm). (references) | |
| Gas fluxing | Mining | A. The addition of gaseous materials as a flux to promote melting.b. A rapid upward streaming of free juvenile gas through a column of molten magma in the conduit of a volcano. The gas acts as a flux to promote melting of the wall rocks. (references) | |
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