molten

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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, as they are known, shoot lasers into molten tin to create EUV light, which doesn’t exist naturally on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It's unclear what started the fires, but to put them out, workers had to remove tonnes of "molten lava" from deep below the surface.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

These factors could help molten lava quickly form a thick insulating crust once it flows away from its source, preserving broad underground channels.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

On the right was a conveyer belt that looked like it was made from molten gold.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi