eutectic

American  

[yoo-tek-tik] / yuˈtɛk tɪk /

adjective

1. of greatest fusibility: said of an alloy or mixture whose melting point is lower than that of any other alloy or mixture of the same ingredients.

2. noting or pertaining to such a mixture or its properties.

   a eutectic melting point.

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noun

1. a eutectic substance.

eutectic British  

/ juːˈtɛktɪk /

adjective

1. (of a mixture of substances, esp an alloy) having the lowest freezing point of all possible mixtures of the substances

2. concerned with or suitable for the formation of eutectic mixtures

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noun

1. a eutectic mixture

2. the temperature on a phase diagram at which a eutectic mixture forms

eutectic Scientific  

/ yo̅o̅-tĕk′tĭk /

1. The proportion of constituents in an alloy or other mixture that yields the lowest possible complete melting point. In all other proportions, the mixture will not have a uniform melting point; some of the mixture will remain solid and some liquid. At the eutectic, the solidus and liquidus temperatures are the same.

2. An alloy or other mixture with constituents in the proportions of the eutectic.

3. The melting point of the eutectic.

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Etymology

Origin of eutectic

1880–85; < Greek eútēkt ( os ) easily melted, dissolved ( eu- eu- + tēktós melted) + -ic

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Example Sentences

Instead, it would use things called deep eutectic solvents to dissolve wood and separate out the lignin.

From Economist • Nov. 28, 2013

And, further, it is plain that those substances only can be eutectic which we can obtain both as liquid and solid, and hence the property of eutexia is closely connected with solution.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

When the eutectic temperature is reached there is a second F.P. or arrest at which the whole of the remaining liquid solidifies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Or, in other cases, we may predict from the curve of melting-points that no eutectic alloy is possible.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

For an alloy of the composition of the eutectic itself there is no arrest until the eutectic temperature is reached, at which the whole solidifies without change of temperature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various