| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Incongruent melting | Mining | A. Melting accompanied by decomposition or by reaction with the liquid, so that one solid phase is converted into another; melting to give a liquid different in composition from the original solid. An example is orthoclase melting incongruently to give leucite and a liquid richer in silica than the original orthoclase. Cf: congruent melting b. A crystalline compound that dissociates into another compound and a melt of different composition upon heating. Cf: congruent melting. (references) | |
| Incongruent melting | Physics | Lack of reversibility appears to be the most serious problem for the storage of latent heat. It is due to the presence of so called incongruent fusion: the melt and solid phase do not ha the same composition because of appearance of a further solid phase. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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