Scientists have long known that impurities and flaws in a metal’s crystal structure can lower the material’s melting point. In an unexpected twist, an international research team has dramatically ...

Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals, 3,422 degrees Celsius. This makes the material ideal for use at high temperatures in e.g. space rocket nozzles, heating elements of ...

Video footage posted on Facebook appears to show a black stone causing a nail to melt. But is it real? Well, probably not. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to ...

(Nanowerk News) Three-dimensional metal printing technology is an expanding field that has enormous potential applications in areas ranging from supporting structures, functional electronics to ...

THE measurement of the melting point of a material requires determination of temperature within allowable limits of accuracy at precisely the moment when the change of state occurs. At intermediate to ...