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molten

[mohl-tn] / ˈmoʊl tn /
ADJECTIVE
melted
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Instead of relying on harsh chemicals, it starts with solid materials called MAX phases and uses molten salts along with iodine vapor to form MXene sheets.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Isotopic geochemistry suggests the molten material came from Archean continental crust dating between 3.0 and 3.3 billion years old.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 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

What they dug out was at points like "molten lava".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

She remembered the way that power rippled through Elowen like molten ore, hot and precious.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo