liquidus

[ lik-wi-duhs ]

noun

, Physical Chemistry.

1. (on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a liquid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the solid solution.

liquidus

/ lĭk′wĭ-dəs /

1. The minimum temperature at which all components of a mixture (such as an alloy) can be in a liquid state. Below the liquidus the mixture will be partly or entirely solid.
2. See illustration at eutecticCompare solidus

Word History and Origins

Origin of liquidus¹

From Latin, dating back to 1900–05; liquid

Example Sentences

Montaigne applies to him the phrase of Horace,— Liquidus puroque simillimus amni.

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