fusible

• Such a powder could be fusible, fluoresce, detect drugs, be applicable with a regular brush or Magna brush, and develop a print mechanically as well as chemically. —  Analog January, 1971
• When heated in the blowpipe alone it remains unaltered, that is, it is not fusible, and even with microcosmic salt it requires a considerably long and fierce heat before it yields and fuses, and acids do not act upon it. —  The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones
• The metal somewhat resembles iron in appearance, but is harder, less fusible, and more readily acted upon by air and moisture. —  An Elementary Study of Chemistry
• Clays which are yellow are known to burn red; calcareous earth renders flint fusible--the persons who have improved earthenware made their selections accordingly. —  Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher
• In some parts of the world, whole mountains are formed of iron; among these may be mentioned the Pilot Knob and the Iron Mountain, in Missouri, being unsurpassed by anything of the kind found elsewhere What are its characteristics It is hard, fusible, not very malleable, but extremely ductile, and very tenacious; it is of a greyish color, and nearly eight times heavier than water. —  A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.

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